HB2300sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Cristina Castro

Filed: 5/24/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2300

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2300 on page 3, line 17, immediately after "Program." by inserting "In order to earn bid credits, contractors and subcontractors shall provide the Department with certified payroll documenting the hours performed by apprentices who have completed the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program."; and

on page 3, by replacing line 21 with "likelihood of being"; and

on page 6, lines 1 and 2, by replacing "Assembly, of this goal at least half" with "Assembly and before January 1, 2024, of this goal, at least 25%"; and

on page 6, by replacing line 5 with the following:

"Program, the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or the Highway Construction Careers Training Program. For contracts and grant agreements executed on or after January 1, 2024, of this goal, at least 50% of the labor hours of each prevailing wage classification performed by apprentices shall be performed by graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program, the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or the Highway Construction Careers Training Program."; and

on page 8, line 3, by replacing "Failure" with "Intentional failure"; and

on page 9, immediately below line 25, by inserting the following:

"(h) The Department shall maintain a list of graduates of the Illinois Works Preapprenticeship Program for a period of not less than one year after the participant graduates from the Program. The list shall include the name, address, county of residence, phone number, email address, and the self-attested construction and building trade career path preferences of each graduate. This list shall be made available to any contractor or subcontractor, as well as any apprenticeship program approved by and registered with the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in alignment with the graduate's self-attested construction and building trade career path preferences.".