SB285

Existing law makes the Office of the Labor Commissioner responsible and accountable for apprenticeship in this State and requires the Office of the Labor Commissioner to act as the State Apprenticeship Agency for the purposes of certain federal regulations governing apprenticeships. (NRS 607.035) Existing law additionally requires the Labor Commissioner to oversee the State Apprenticeship Council and State Apprenticeship Director and sets forth certain duties the Director must perform under the direction of the Labor Commissioner. (NRS 607.035, 610.120) Existing law sets forth various requirements for a proposed apprenticeship program to be eligible for registration and approval by the State Apprenticeship Council. (NRS 610.144) Section 2 of this bill requires a program, if the program provides training in more than one specified construction trade, to contain separate standards for each such trade. Section 3 of this bill provides that if a set of standards that does not comply with the provisions of section 2 has been approved for a program before October 1, 2025, the program may continue to use that set of standards until the set of standards is voided or superseded. Close digest Existing law makes the Office of the Labor Commissioner responsible and accountable for apprenticeship in this State and requires the Office of the Labor Commissioner to act as the State Apprenticeship Agency for the purposes of certain federal regulations governing apprenticeships. (NRS 607.035) E