HB 2226 Summary

• Requires contractors and subcontractors performing on-site construction work within apprenticeable occupations at power plants to use a skilled and trained workforce of registered apprentices or skilled journeypersons.

• Mandates all workers in the skilled and trained workforce complete at least 20 hours of approved advanced safety training within the past three calendar years, with curriculum approved by the Arizona Power Plant Safety Committee.

• Establishes phased implementation requiring 20% skilled journeypersons by January 1, 2023, increasing to 100% by January 1, 2027; requires all workers to complete safety training by January 1, 2024.

• Sets wage requirements that skilled journeypersons must be paid commensurate with typical wages in the occupation and geographic area, with minimum of 75th percentile of occupational employment statistics or prevailing hourly wage rates as benchmarks.

• Imposes civil penalties of at least $1,000 per day for workforce violations and back wages plus damages for wage violations; contractor license suspension or revocation possible after three violations within five years.