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Report on Women in Construction
This law requires state agencies to collect specific data about women working or training for jobs in the construction industry and share that information with lawmakers.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Employment Development Department to gather specified facts about women in the construction industry.
- Asks officials to measure how many schools and programs can train, certify, and license women for these roles.
- Directs agencies to work together to count female preapprentices and apprentices in state-registered programs.
- Mandates that a report with this data be sent to the Legislature by July 1, 2027.
- Requires the same report to be published online every three years after the first one.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Employment Development Department
- The Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations
Terms To Know
- Nontraditional occupations
- Jobs where women make up no more than 25% of all workers, based on U.S. Department of Labor data.
- Preapprenticeship programs
- Training courses that prepare people to enter formal apprenticeships in skilled trades like construction.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not say how much money will be used to collect this data.
- It does not explain what actions the state must take after receiving the report, only that it must share the information.