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PA SB101

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Camera Bartolotta

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Labor and Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis to develop and maintain a data dashboard providing local workforce development boards access to new hire database information, unemployment compensation claimant data, and wage records filtered by location, occupation, industry, and demographics.

  • Local workforce development boards must receive and utilize new hire and unemployment data from the Department when developing local plans, assessing program eligibility, and conducting research, though boards may request written exemptions from this requirement.

  • The Center for Workforce Information and Analysis must provide free technical assistance to local workforce boards, including training on data interpretation, analysis, and reporting, with no fees charged for dashboard-related support.

  • Funding for the data dashboard and technical assistance must come first from the Reemployment Fund before any other authorized uses of that fund.

  • Written data-sharing agreements between the Department and local workforce boards are required, with information usable for up to 10 years and restricted to aggregated statistical publication to protect individual identifying information.

Legislative Description

In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in local workforce development areas and regions and local workforce development boards, further providing for plan, functions and responsibilities and providing for technical assistance and data availability and for local performance accountability.

Last Action

Referred to Labor & Industry

6/25/2025

Committee Referrals

Labor And Industry6/25/2025
Appropriations5/6/2025
Labor & Industry1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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