2023 House Bill 5026

Labor: other; community and worker economic transition office; establish.

A bill to provide for the transition of transition-impacted industries into new industries; to create the community and worker economic transition office in the department of labor and economic opportunity; to create certain advisory committees; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 5026 would create a new act, the Community and Worker Economic Transition Act, to provide for the creation of state entities to develop a plan regarding, and coordinate efforts addressing, the impact on workers and communities of the societal and economic shift away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy resources.