All Roll Calls
Yes: 131 • No: 0
ArkansasSB3902025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
TO ESTABLISH THE STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY ACT.
Sponsored By: Jane English (Republican), Robin Lundstrum (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
State offices manage apprenticeship training money
The State Apprenticeship Agency’s director or deputy director allocates state training money to program sponsors, alongside other available money. The law does not set award amounts or a sponsor funding formula. The Office of Skills Development replaces the former Steering Committee as manager of the construction craft training program and trust fund. The Office must use trust fund money for training and set program rules, funding formulas, and procedures for requesting and distributing funds.
Former apprenticeship committee loses stipend authority
The law removes the former apprenticeship Steering Committee’s authority to approve a $60 stipend by majority vote. It does not say how often payments were allowed or whether members received them.
Apprentices gain training and credential standards
The law defines apprentices as workers age 16 or older, and sponsors can apply to register programs. Registered programs must provide employer-led job training, related instruction, and chances to earn portable, nationally recognized industry credentials. Sponsors must manage and supervise each apprentice’s training, and the agency must develop a nationally recognized state completion credential. The agency can also register programs required by law because sponsors receive state or federal resources under federally funded grants administered by Arkansas.
New agency oversees Arkansas apprenticeship registration
The law replaces Arkansas’s old apprenticeship framework with a State Apprenticeship Agency within the Office of Skills Development. The agency registers pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeship programs, and apprentices, and resolves disputes over apprenticeship agreements. The Office must set federal-aligned rules for registration, removal, cancellation, and reinstatement. Its director must apply for federal recognition by December 31, 2025.
New council sets apprenticeship training rules
The Governor appoints seven council members: two employer representatives, two employee representatives, and three public members. All must have registered-apprenticeship operating experience or employ registered apprentices; a majority must represent construction. Members serve one four-year term, and the Governor fills vacancies for the remaining term. The council meets at least four times each fiscal year, advises the agency, and promotes apprenticeship through outreach and education. It sets approved training methods, skilled-worker-to-apprentice ratios, and enforcement actions for sponsors that break state program rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Jane English
Republican • Senate
Robin Lundstrum
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/9/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:14:32 PM
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/20/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:24:14 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB390 is now Act 695
4/18/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/10/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/10/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/9/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/9/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/9/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
4/7/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
3/20/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
3/20/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
3/20/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
3/20/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
3/19/2025SenateRe-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/18/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/18/2025SenateAmendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
3/18/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
3/18/2025SenateRe-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/11/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/11/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
3/11/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
3/11/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/5/2025SenateFiled
3/5/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB390 - Introduced
3/5/2025
Act Version
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