05/14/2021 01:30 PM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 132                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An   Act   relating   to   technical   education   and                                                                    
     apprenticeships;  relating   to  concurrent  vocational                                                                    
     education,  training, and  on-the-job trade  experience                                                                    
     programs  for  students  enrolled in  public  secondary                                                                    
     schools; relating to child labor;  and providing for an                                                                    
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:50:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Merrick  indicated  there were  3  amendments  for                                                                    
HB 132.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:50:42 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:51:15 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson  MOVED to  ADOPT Amendment  1 (copy                                                                    
on file):                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, lines 30-31 :                                                                                                      
          Delete "end of the employment period described in                                                                     
          (c) of this section"                                                                                                  
          Insert "date the taxpayer hires the registered                                                                        
          apprentice"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative LeBon OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson explained  that the amendment would                                                                    
make a correction. The bill,  as currently written, referred                                                                    
to an end  of employment period described in  Section C. The                                                                    
amendment  removed an  end of  employment period  and was  a                                                                    
technical fix.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative LeBon WITHDREW the objection.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment 1 was ADOPTED.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative  LeBon MOVED  to ADOPT  Amendment 2  (copy on                                                                    
file):                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, line 26, following "is":                                                                                           
          Insert "$1,250."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, lines 27 - 28:                                                                                                     
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 5, lines 6 - 11:                                                                                                      
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative LeBon  explained that  with his  amendment he                                                                    
was trying  to create parody between  a possible beneficiary                                                                    
of  the program.  Currently, there  was  a division  between                                                                    
students  and veterans  - there  was a  $1000 potential  tax                                                                    
credit for  an employer to  hire a student versus  $1500 for                                                                    
for that same employer to  hire a veteran. He was suggesting                                                                    
the  amount  of  $1250  across the  board  to  encourage  an                                                                    
employer to hire students or veterans.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wool  like the  amendment. He  suggested that                                                                    
if  he was  an employer  looking at  hiring a  student or  a                                                                    
veteran, the  student would be  at a  disadvantage depending                                                                    
on how  many positions were  open. He believed in  parody as                                                                    
well.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick invited the bill  sponsor to comment on the                                                                    
amendment.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   ZACK   FIELDS,   SPONSOR,   supported   the                                                                    
amendment.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick WITHDREW the objection.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment 2 was ADOPTED.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson MOVED to  ADOPT Amendment 3 (copy on                                                                    
file):                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Page 5, line 8, following "States":                                                                                        
         Insert "or the United States Coast Guard"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Page 5, line 9, following "States":                                                                                        
         Insert "or the United States Coast Guard"                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Thompson  explained   that  the   amendment                                                                    
included the United  States Coast Guard. There  was a letter                                                                    
attached to  his amendment  from Legislative  Legal Services                                                                    
confirming that  the United States  Coast Guard was  part of                                                                    
the armed forces.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick WITHDREW the objection.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment 3 was ADOPTED.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster  MOVED  to  report  CSHB  132(FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 132(FIN) was  REPORTED out of committee  with seven "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendations, one  "do  not pass"  recommendation,                                                                    
and  two "no  recommendation" recommendation;  and with  one                                                                    
new zero  note from  the Department  of Labor  and Workforce                                                                    
Development;  one previously  published indeterminate  note:                                                                    
FN3  (REV); and  two  previously published  zero notes:  FN2                                                                    
(LWF) and FN5 (EED).                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick reviewed the agenda for the following                                                                          
meeting.