Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
Filed by Roger Hanshaw(R · District HD-062)Official link pending verification · co-sponsored by 3 legislators
The purpose of this bill is all related to the Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Initiatives Act including by establishing the West Virginia Micro-Credential Program, expanding the apprenticeship training tax credit, allowing for independent contractors to have portable benefits which hiring parties can contribute to without altering the nature of the relationship, providing for tax treatment of portable benefits, and eliminating barriers to professional licensures for military trained applicants.
Finance
Last action: To House Finance (January 28, 2026)
Every stage. Every date.
- To Education then FinanceJanuary 15, 2026 · House
- Introduced in HouseJanuary 15, 2026 · House
- To House EducationJanuary 15, 2026 · House
- Markup DiscussionJanuary 20, 2026 · House
- By substitute, do pass, but first to FinanceJanuary 28, 2026 · House
- To House FinanceJanuary 28, 2026 · House
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