State Legislature Bills

Ohio would expand a statewide program that links high schools, community colleges, unions, and employers to fund paid pre-apprenticeships, dual-credit career-tech classes, equipment, transportation, and job placement in high-demand skilled trades. The bill is aimed at moving students, recent graduates, and displaced workers into credentials, registered apprenticeships, or full-time jobs without requiring a four-year degree.

This bill creates an Ohio program to fund workforce housing near industrial corridors, manufacturing sites, and apprenticeship hubs through grants, low-interest loans, and tax incentives. It ties aid to union or prevailing-wage labor, local hiring, apprenticeship participation, and long-term affordability, with priority for teachers, first responders, trades workers, and manufacturing employees.

The Ohio Working-Class Healthcare Access Expansion Act seeks to improve affordable healthcare access for working-class families by increasing funding for community health centers and supporting union-negotiated health benefits.