HB772
Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 13, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Chief Patron:
Virgil Gene Thornton, Sr (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement eliminated. Eliminates the requirement that each local workforce development board allocate a minimum of 40 percent of certain funding under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 to training services.-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103224D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB772)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/04/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107180D-H1
- 02/08/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB772)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
