NY State Senate Bill 2025-S293

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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2025-S293 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§811 & 816-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S7223

2025-S293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a minimum of ten percent of the labor hours of the total construction workforce employed by all contractors and subcontractors performing work pursuant to a construction contract shall be performed by a person or persons participating in a certified apprenticeship program; makes technical amendments.

2025-S293 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    293
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RHOADS, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to apprenticeship training

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1
 and  subdivision  2 of section 811 of the labor law, the section heading
 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 482  of
 the  laws of 1961 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 51 of the laws
 of 1968, are amended to read as follows:
   Powers and duties of [industrial] THE commissioner; personnel.
   The [industrial] commissioner shall  have  the  following  powers  and
 duties:
   2.  The  [industrial] commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be
 in charge of apprentice training in the department [of labor],  and  who
 shall  act as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council
 and of state joint apprenticeship committees. The  [industrial]  commis-
 sioner  is  further  authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and
 professional assistants as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes
 of this article.  The  personnel  appointed  under  this  article  shall
 receive  an  annual compensation to be fixed by the [industrial] commis-
 sioner within the amount provided by appropriation.
   § 2. Section 816-b of the labor law, as amended by chapter 669 of  the
 laws  of  2023,  is  amended  by  adding  a new subdivision 3 to read as
 follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE
 LABOR HOURS OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE EMPLOYED BY ALL CONTRAC-
 TORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS  PERFORMING  WORK  PURSUANT  TO  A  CONSTRUCTION
 CONTRACT  AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01195-01-5
 S. 293                              2
 
 SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A PERSON OR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN  A  CERTIFIED
 APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. ONLY HOURS WORKED BY A
 PERSON OR PERSONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE FOR WHICH  THEY  ARE  REGIS-
 TERED AS AN APPRENTICE, AND ONLY HOURS WORKED BY SUCH APPRENTICE ACCORD-
 ING  TO  THE  ALLOWABLE  RATIO OF APPRENTICE TO JOURNEY WORKER AS STATED
 UNDER THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE SCHEDULE, MAY COUNT TOWARDS THE TEN
 PERCENT LABOR HOUR REQUIREMENT.
   § 3. Section 816-b of the labor law, as added by chapter  571  of  the
 laws  of  2001,  is  amended  by  adding  a new subdivision 3 to read as
 follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE
 LABOR HOURS OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE EMPLOYED BY ALL CONTRAC-
 TORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS  PERFORMING  WORK  PURSUANT  TO  A  CONSTRUCTION
 CONTRACT  AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A PERSON OR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN  A  CERTIFIED
 APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. ONLY HOURS WORKED BY A
 PERSON OR PERSONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE FOR WHICH  THEY  ARE  REGIS-
 TERED AS AN APPRENTICE, AND ONLY HOURS WORKED BY SUCH APPRENTICE ACCORD-
 ING  TO  THE  ALLOWABLE  RATIO OF APPRENTICE TO JOURNEY WORKER AS STATED
 UNDER THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE SCHEDULE, MAY COUNT TOWARDS THE TEN
 PERCENT LABOR HOUR REQUIREMENT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided  that  the  amendments  to  section
 816-b  of the labor law made by section two of this act shall be subject
 to the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 1 of
 chapter 571 of the laws of 2001, as amended, when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.

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