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IA HSB674

SB

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Higher Education

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Iowa Skilled Workforce Act" to expand and regulate apprenticeship programs in the state.
  • Creates new definitions for "intermediary sponsor" (entities providing apprenticeship training to multiple employers) and "partner employer" (employers training employees through intermediary sponsors).
  • Grants intermediaries and intermediary sponsors sole discretion to approve partner employers and protects them from cancellation or deregistration based on partner employer actions.
  • Requires the Iowa Office of Apprenticeship to provide at least 90 days written notice with specific grounds before canceling, suspending, or deregistering any apprenticeship sponsor, with decisions subject to judicial review.
  • Allows canceled or deregistered apprenticeship sponsors to reapply for registration after 60 days without the prior action being used as grounds for denial.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to apprenticeships and other career training and making appropriations.(See HF 2466.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2466.

2/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Higher Education2/4/2026

Full Bill Text

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