Amendments for HB25-1284
House Journal, April 3
1 HB25-1284 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
2 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
3 recommendation:
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5 Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and
6 substitute:
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8 "SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-115-115, add
9 (3.5) as follows:
10 12-115-115. Apprentices - supervision - registration -
11 data-sharing agreement - discipline - rules. (3.5) (a) (I) AN
12 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT REGISTER WITH THE BOARD
13 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (3) OF THIS SECTION AN APPRENTICE WHO IS IN
14 A CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM REGISTERED WITH
15 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR A STATE APPRENTICESHIP
16 AGENCY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
17 UNLESS THE APPRENTICE IS ENROLLED IN AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
18 TRAINING THE APPRENTICE FOR AN OCCUPATION OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED
19 BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS AN ELECTRICAL
20 OCCUPATION, AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
21 LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND
22 WAGE STATISTICS OCCUPATION CODE 47.2111.
23 (II) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2027, THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP
24 AGENCY AND THE DEPARTMENT, IF EXISTING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE
25 OR IF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES SUFFICIENT GIFTS, GRANTS, OR
26 DONATIONS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (7) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL
27 ESTABLISH A DATA-SHARING AGREEMENT TO ALLOW VERIFICATION OF
28 ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE BOARD PURSUANT TO
29 SUBSECTION (3.5)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION.
30 (b) (I) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT AN APPRENTICE IS NOT IN
31 COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION (3.5)(a) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD
32 SHALL NOTIFY THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR THAT REGISTERED THE
33 APPRENTICE WITH THE BOARD. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION
34 OF NONCOMPLIANCE, THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE
35 PROOF THAT THE APPRENTICE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS AN
36 ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE WITH THE BOARD. IF THE BOARD VERIFIES WITHIN
37 SIXTY DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT THE
38 APPRENTICE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS AN ELECTRICAL
39 APPRENTICE, THE APPRENTICE WILL REMAIN REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD.
40 (II) IF THE BOARD CANNOT VERIFY THAT AN APPRENTICE IS
41 ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS AN ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE WITHIN SIXTY
42 DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
43 (3.5)(b)(I) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD SHALL REMOVE THE APPRENTICE'S
44 REGISTRATION WITH THE BOARD, AND THE NONCOMPLIANT APPRENTICE
45 SHALL NOT PERFORM WORK AS AN ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE IN THE STATE.
46 (III) THIS SUBSECTION (3.5) DOES NOT APPLY TO AN ELECTRICAL
47 APPRENTICE WHOSE TRAINING IS PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE ELECTRICAL
48 CONTRACTOR OR ANOTHER ELECTRICAL TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS NOT
49 AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES
50 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR A STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY.
51 SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-155-124, add
52 (3.5) as follows:
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1 12-155-124. Apprentices - registration - data-sharing
2 agreement - discipline - rules. (3.5) (a) (I) A REGISTERED PLUMBING
3 CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT REGISTER WITH THE BOARD PURSUANT TO
4 SUBSECTION (3) OF THIS SECTION A PLUMBING APPRENTICE WHO IS IN A
5 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM REGISTERED WITH
6 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR A STATE APPRENTICESHIP
7 AGENCY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
8 UNLESS THE PLUMBING APPRENTICE IS ENROLLED IN AN APPRENTICESHIP
9 PROGRAM TRAINING THE PLUMBING APPRENTICE FOR AN OCCUPATION
10 OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
11 AS A PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL-RELATED OCCUPATION, AS DEFINED BY
12 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR
13 STATISTICS, OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE STATISTICS
14 OCCUPATION CODES 17.3013, 47.2152, OR 49.9021.
15 (II) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2027, THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP
16 AGENCY AND THE DEPARTMENT, IF EXISTING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE
17 OR IF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES SUFFICIENT GIFTS, GRANTS, OR
18 DONATIONS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (8) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL
19 ESTABLISH A DATA-SHARING AGREEMENT TO ALLOW VERIFICATION OF
20 ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE BOARD PURSUANT TO
21 SUBSECTION (3.5)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION.
22 (b) (I) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A PLUMBING APPRENTICE
23 IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION (3.5)(a) OF THIS SECTION, THE
24 BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR THAT REGISTERED THE
25 APPRENTICE WITH THE BOARD. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION
26 OF NONCOMPLIANCE, THE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE PROOF
27 THAT THE APPRENTICE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS A PLUMBING
28 APPRENTICE WITH THE BOARD. IF THE BOARD VERIFIES WITHIN SIXTY DAYS
29 AFTER NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT THE PLUMBING
30 APPRENTICE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS A PLUMBING APPRENTICE,
31 THE PLUMBING APPRENTICE WILL REMAIN REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD.
32 (II) IF THE BOARD CANNOT VERIFY THAT A PLUMBING APPRENTICE
33 IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AS A PLUMBING APPRENTICE WITHIN SIXTY
34 DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
35 (3.5)(b)(I) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD SHALL REMOVE THE PLUMBING
36 APPRENTICE'S REGISTRATION WITH THE BOARD, AND THE NONCOMPLIANT
37 PLUMBING APPRENTICE SHALL NOT PERFORM WORK AS A PLUMBING
38 APPRENTICE IN THE STATE.
39 (III) THIS SUBSECTION (3.5) DOES NOT APPLY TO A PLUMBING
40 APPRENTICE WHOSE TRAINING IS PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE PLUMBING
41 CONTRACTOR OR ANOTHER PLUMBING TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS NOT AN
42 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES
43 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR A STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY.
44 SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
45 takes effect January 1, 2027; except that, if a referendum petition is filed
46 pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this
47 act or an item, section, or part of this act within the ninety-day period
48 after final adjournment of the general assembly, then the act, item,
49 section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the
50 general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take
51 effect January 1, 2027, or on the date of the official declaration of the
52 vote thereon by the governor, whichever is later.".
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