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| Rep. Drew Hansen |
“There are signs we’re rebounding from the depths of the Great Recession, but we’ve got a long way to
go,” Hansen said. “I want to protect the jobs we have and prepare our young
people for opportunities in the 21st –century economy. It’s very
encouraging to me to get the strong, bipartisan support of my fellow legislators
in that work.”
The bills are:
House Bill 1247, which makes it
easier for small businesses to get money from a key state job-training program
designed to help employees upgrade their skills. The bill also ensures that
money from this program supports training that leads to degrees and credentials
rather than dead-end jobs. The House voted
unanimously for it Saturday, 98-0.
House Bill 1472, which helps students train for high-paying jobs in the computer industry by enhancing computer-science
education in high schools and creating a statewide task force to address the
computer programmer shortage. It was approved Friday 95-3.
House Bill 1245, which protects jobs
in the shellfish and recreation industries by getting abandoned vessels out of
our waters before they sink and cause pollution. It passed the House Thursday on
a 96-1 vote.
House Bill 1660, which will lessen the paperwork burden on hospitals and colleges as they train new doctors and nurses. It won unanimous approval Tuesday, 96-0.
House approval of Hansen’s bills sends them to the Senate for action there.
