Relating to: apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship completion awards, career and technical education incentive grants and completion awards, technical preparation programs in school districts and technical colleges, creating an individual income tax credit for completing an apprenticeship program, rejection criteria for part-time open enrollment applications, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Assembly Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 8, 2023
Last action Apr 15, 2024
Floor votes · Assembly Feb 22, 2024
How they voted
61–35
Passed
Total votes 96
Feb 22, 2024
D
Democratic35
100% Nay
R
Republican61
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Apr 15, 2024
Amended
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 62, Noes 35
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Shankland
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 9, Noes 6
lower
Dec 8, 2023
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Oldenburg, Petryk, Armstrong, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Macco, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Schraa, Snyder, Tusler and VanderMeer;
cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Ballweg, Cowles and Testin
lower
27 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amanda Nedweski
RRepublican
P
Barbara Dittrich
RRepublican
P
Bob Donovan
RRepublican
P
Calvin Callahan
RRepublican
P
Clint Moses
RRepublican
P
Dave Armstrong
RRepublican
P
Dave Maxey
RRepublican
P
Dave Murphy
RRepublican
P
Elijah Behnke
RRepublican
P
James Edming
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Jerry O'Connor
RRepublican
P
Joel Kitchens
RRepublican
P
John Macco
RRepublican
P
Joy Goeben
RRepublican
P
Loren Oldenburg
RRepublican
P
Michael Schraa
RRepublican
P
Nancy VanderMeer
RRepublican
P
Nik Rettinger
RRepublican
P
Pat Snyder
RRepublican
P
Paul Melotik
RRepublican
P
Rick Gundrum
RRepublican
P
Ron Tusler
RRepublican
P
Scott Krug
RRepublican
P
Todd Novak
RRepublican
P
Warren Petryk
RRepublican
P
Will Penterman
RRepublican
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