0D0B904967AB8B79872583E5006B82B4 Hearing Summary

Representatives Sullivan and Galindo, co-sponsors, presented Senate Bill 19-171, concerning apprenticeships and vocational training. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Employment to establish the Colorado State Apprenticeship Resource Directory with detailed information about apprenticeship programs in the state by January 1, 2020. The sponsors distributed a fact sheet about the bill to the committee (Attachment A), and answered questions from the committee.

The following people provided testimony:

Zach Collins, representing the Denver Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, testified in support of the bill.

Payten King, representing the Denver Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, testified in support of the bill.

Dan Bales, representing the Denver Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, testified in support of the bill.

Karen Kalavity, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

The panel answered questions from the committee.

The bill sponsors gave concluding comments on the bill, and committee discussion ensued.