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HF432 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COOLING
Last action
2025-02-17
Official status
Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 337 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 337 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to eligibility for financial assistance from the department of workforce development for certain apprenticeship programs.

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House

File

432

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

432

BY

COOLING

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

eligibility

for

financial

assistance

1

from

the

department

of

workforce

development

for

certain

2

apprenticeship

programs.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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1855YH

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H.F.

432

Section

1.

Section

84E.4,

subsection

1,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

An

apprenticeship

sponsor

or

lead

apprenticeship

3

sponsor

that

conducts

an

apprenticeship

program

that

is

4

registered

with

the

United

States

department

of

labor,

office

5

of

apprenticeship,

through

Iowa,

for

apprentices

who

will

be

6

employed

at

worksites

located

in

this

state

may

apply

to

the

7

department

for

financial

assistance

under

this

section

if

the

8

apprenticeship

program

includes

a

minimum

of

seventy-five

9

contact

hours

per

apprentice

for

the

first

training

year

of

10

an

apprenticeship

program

and

one

hundred

contact

hours

per

11

apprentice

for

each

full

training

year

of

the

apprenticeship

12

program

thereafter

.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

provides

that

an

apprenticeship

sponsor

or

lead

17

apprenticeship

sponsor

that

conducts

an

apprenticeship

program

18

registered

with

the

United

States

department

of

labor,

office

19

of

apprenticeship,

through

Iowa,

for

apprentices

who

will

20

be

employed

at

worksites

located

in

Iowa

may

apply

to

the

21

department

of

workforce

development

for

financial

assistance

22

if

the

apprenticeship

program

includes

a

minimum

of

75

23

contact

hours

per

apprentice

for

the

first

training

year

of

an

24

apprenticeship

program

and

100

contact

hours

per

apprentice

25

for

each

full

training

year

of

the

apprenticeship

program

26

thereafter.

Under

current

law,

the

required

time

period

is

a

27

minimum

of

100

contact

hours

per

apprentice

for

each

training

28

year

of

the

apprenticeship

program.

29

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