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Bill Text

A1065 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1065 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes workforce development training program 
for advanced transmission technology.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning workforce development for advanced transmission 
technologies and supplementing P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et seq.).

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� There is 
established, in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Advanced 
Transmission Technologies Workforce Development Program, or �ATT Program.�� The 
purpose of the program is to equip electrical engineers and utility workers 
with skills specific to installing and managing advanced transmission 
technologies systems to ensure a skilled workforce that is able to support 
rapid and effective deployment, reducing delays related to technical capacity.

���� b.��� To achieve its goals, 
the department shall focus the ATT Program on developing the workforce for 
advanced transmission technologies systems by :

���� (1) creating and retaining 
jobs and stimulating economic activity in the State;

���� (2) embedding workforce 
training and employment services in infrastructure investments so that services 
more directly connect to the jobs created;

���� (3) the use of community 
benefit agreements, community workforce agreements, and project labor 
agreements that connect workforce services and job training directly to jobs 
impacted or jobs created;

���� (4) preparing the State�s 
students with relevant career technical education that responds to business and 
industry demands;

���� (5) developing worker 
retraining programs to assist the existing workforce with the necessary tools 
to upgrade their skills;

���� (6) responding to the job 
creation and workforce needs of the State�s new and emerging industries; and

���� (7) identifying and leveraging 
State and federal funding resources to implement the recommendations made in 
the report required pursuant to subsection d. of this section and consistent 
with the regulatory purposes of this section,.

���� c.��� The department is 
authorized to obtain, accept and utilize resources for the ATT program as may 
be, or may become, available from appropriate State, federal and 
non-governmental sources of funding for employment, training, and educational 
purposes, including the Workforce Development Partnership Fund created pursuant 
to section 9 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-9), the "Supplemental Workforce 
Fund for Basic Skills" established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, c.152 
(C.34:15D-21), or funds available pursuant to the "Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act," (29 U.S.C. s.3101 et seq.).

���� d.��� The department shall 
prepare and submit an annual evaluation report to the Governor and the 
Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) on the 
progress of ATT Program.� The department shall prepare and submit an evaluation 
report to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, 
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), which shall include, but not be limited to, information 
on the effectiveness of the ATT Program, the status of ATT Program 
participants, and recommendations on program administration at the State and 
local level.� The report shall also include an analysis of the strengths and 
weaknesses of the ATT Program and how it can be improved in the following year. 
The Department shall submit the first evaluation report by July 1, 2027, and 
subsequent annual reports by July 1 of each year thereafter.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes, in the 
Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Advanced Transmission 
Technologies Workforce Development Program, or �ATT Program.�� The purpose of 
the program is to equip electrical engineers and utility workers with skills 
specific to installing and managing advanced transmission technologies systems 
to ensure a skilled workforce that is able to support rapid and effective 
deployment, reducing delays related to technical capacity.

���� To achieve its goals, the 
department will focus the ATT Program on developing the workforce for advanced 
transmission technologies systems by :

���� (1) creating and retaining 
jobs and stimulating economic activity in the State;

���� (2) embedding workforce 
training and employment services in infrastructure investments so that services 
more directly connect to the jobs created;

���� (3) the use of community 
benefit agreements, community workforce agreements, and project labor 
agreements that connect workforce services and job training directly to jobs 
impacted or jobs created;

���� (4) preparing the State�s 
st