AZ SB1813

Requires contractors and subcontractors on public works contracts to use apprentices for at least 3 percent of total labor hours for each apprenticed craft or type of work when more than three workers are employed.

Allows the Industrial Commission of Arizona to increase the apprentice labor percentage requirement beginning January 1, 2022, in collaboration with the Department of Economic Security.

Permits public bodies to request modification or waiver of apprentice hour requirements for good cause, with the Commission deciding within 15 days; requests must be made before bid advertisement, at bid opening, or at contract award.

Defines good cause as situations where no apprentices are available in the jurisdiction or when an apprenticeship program has denied or failed to approve an apprentice request within five business days.

Requires contractors and subcontractors to enter into apprenticeship agreements with all required apprentices, and treats apprentices who graduate from their program as journeymen for wage and benefits purposes while still counting toward the apprentice hour requirement.