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Introduced
02/21/2017
02/21/2017
In Committee
02/21/2017
02/21/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/23/2017
05/23/2017
Introduced Session
2017 Regular Session
Bill Summary
The purpose of this bill is to assist returning veterans and displaced coal miners to find meaningful employment through quality skills training using the apprenticeship model. The bill creates the “Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act “and provides a short title, legislative findings and declaration. It establishes a Veterans Job Coordinating Team and provides for the composition of the team, together with its powers and duties. The team is required to report a plan to the Legislature by December 1, 2017, outlining suggested plans, methods and procedures designed to implement the purposes for which the team was established. Finally; the bill provides for termination of the Veterans Job Coordinating Team unless the Legislature determines otherwise.
AI Summary
This bill, the Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act, aims to assist returning veterans and displaced coal miners in finding meaningful employment through quality skills training using the apprenticeship model. It establishes a Veterans Job Coordinating Team composed of representatives from various state agencies and citizen members with experience in apprenticeship programs. The team is tasked with informing returning veterans, displaced coal miners, and other unemployed or underemployed individuals about existing apprenticeship opportunities, gathering and disseminating relevant information, and developing plans to promote the apprenticeship model of training and recruitment. The team is required to submit a report to the Legislature by December 1, 2017, outlining its proposed plans, methods, and procedures to implement the purposes of the bill, and the team's functions will terminate unless the Legislature determines otherwise.
Committee Categories
Labor and Employment
Sponsors (11)
Scott Brewer (D)*,
Mike Caputo (D),
Phil Diserio (D),
Michael Ferro (D),
Sean Hornbuckle (D),
Richard Iaquinta (D),
John Kelly (R),
Linda Longstreth (D),
Dana Lynch (D),
Pat McGeehan (R),
John Williams (D),
Last Action
To House Industry and Labor (on 02/21/2017)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2625&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill |
| BillText | http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2625%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=2625 |
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