Contractors - As enacted, encourages licensed contractors and subcontractors who enter into state construction contracts to employ apprentices from certified and registered apprenticeship programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, , the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 175

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 776

                                                        By Walley, Yarbro

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 965

                                                          By Hawk, Behn

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12, Chapter 4; Title 50,
          Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66, Chapter 34, relative to apprenticeships.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 11, is amended by adding the
following new section:

                    (a) As used in this section, "state construction contracts" means state contracts for the
          construction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, installation, alteration, renovation,
          demolition of, or otherwise providing for, any building, facility, or physical structure in this state
          with a minimum value of one million dollars ($1,000,000).

                    (b) A state agency submitting requests for proposals for state construction contracts is
          encouraged to include the following provision in the request:

                    Will you, other contractors, subcontractors, or anyone else employed to work on
                    any stage of this construction project be employing apprentices on the project
                    pursuant to a certified or registered apprenticeship program in accordance with
                    Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 11?

                    (c) A contractor, subcontractor, or other person employed to work at any stage of a
          state construction project pursuant to a state construction contract is encouraged to employ
          apprentices on the project pursuant to a certified or registered apprenticeship program in
          accordance with this chapter.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect November 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 776

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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                                        RANDY McNALLY

                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                             CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR