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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota bill creates $1.1 million apprenticeship grant program for enrolled workers
Last action · April 8, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 79Sponsors: Josh Boschee and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2239 establishes an apprenticeship grant program administered by the commissioner to provide up to $3,000 per individual over a three-year period, backed by a $1,100,000 for the 2025-2027 . The bill requires full-time enrollment, satisfactory progress, and a minimum grade point average for eligibility.
Qualifying individuals enrolled in s can receive state financial support up to $3,000, funded by a $1,100,000 allocation from the state general fund managed by the Department of Commerce.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Individuals enrolled in registered apprenticeship programs
Eligible participants can receive up to $3,000 in grant funding over a three-year period subject to academic and enrollment requirements.
Department of Commerce
Receives an appropriation of $1,100,000 to administer the apprenticeship grant program.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
13 actions- Apr 8, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 79
- Apr 3, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 2, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 2 3
- Mar 18, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Mar 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee
- Feb 24, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
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- Feb 21, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1
- Feb 19, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0
- Feb 7, 2025SenateRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 7, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Feb 6, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0
- Jan 30, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
- Jan 17, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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