HB 2428

                                                   PRINTER'S NO.   3234
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2428
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, MAJOR, HOGAN, K. HARRIS, KHAN, HILL-
   EVANS, GAYDOS, SANCHEZ, INGLIS AND SMITH-WADE-EL,
   APRIL 20, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
   APRIL 21, 2026
                               AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), entitled
2    "An act establishing a uniform construction code; imposing
3    powers and duties on municipalities and the Department of
4    Labor and Industry; providing for enforcement; imposing
5    penalties; and making repeals," in training and certification
6    of inspectors, further providing for education and training
7    programs and providing for the Residential Construction
8    Workforce Training Grant Program; and establishing the
9    Residential Construction Workforce Training Account.
10    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12    Section 1.    Section 703(b) of the act of November 10, 1999
13 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code
14 Act, is amended, subsections (c) and (d) are amended by adding
15 paragraphs and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
16 read:
17 Section 703.    Education and training programs.
18    * * *
19    (a.1)   Optional fee.--Municipalities administering and
20 enforcing this act under section 501(a) may, by ordinance,
1 assess a fee not to exceed $10 on each residential construction
2 or building permit.
3    (b)   Accounts.--There are hereby established within the State
4 Treasury [three] four restricted accounts which shall be known
5 as the Municipal Code Official Training Account, the Review and
6 Advisory Council Administration Account [and], the Construction
7 Contractor Training Account and the Residential Construction
8 Workforce Training Account.
9    (c)   Deposit.--
10* * *
11(4)   The fee collected as authorized under subsection
12    (a.1) shall be transmitted quarterly to the State Treasury
13    and shall be deposited into the Residential Construction
14    Workforce Training Account. Money in the Residential
15    Construction Workforce Training Account is appropriated on a
16    continuing basis to the department for the purpose of
17    awarding grants under section 703.1.
18    (d)   Reports.--
19* * *
20(3)   No later than November 1 of each calendar year, the
21    department shall provide a report to the chairperson and
22    minority chairperson of the Labor and Industry Committee of
23    the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
24    the Labor and Industry Committee of the House of
25    Representatives. The report shall detail expenditures for the
26    most recent fiscal year. The report shall include a separate
27    accounting of revenue and expenditures under subsection (c)
28    (4). The separate accounting under this paragraph shall
29    include, to the extent available:
30(i)   Fees deposited into the Residential Construction
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1Workforce Training Account.
2(ii)    Grants awarded under the Residential
3Construction Workforce Training Grant Program.
4(iii)    Geographic distribution of grants awarded
5under the Residential Construction Workforce Training
6Grant Program.
7(iv)    Workforce outcomes of grants awarded under the
8Residential Construction Workforce Training Grant
9Program.
10(v)    The amount utilized by the department for
11personnel, including the position title, hours charged,
12amount and description of the duties and responsibilities
13of each individual paid in whole or in part from the
14Residential Construction Workforce Training Account.
15(vi)    The amount utilized by the department for
16operational costs and a description of each expenditure.
17(vii)    The amount utilized by the department for
18other Residential Construction Workforce Training Grant
19Program purposes and a description of each expenditure.
20    Section 2.        The act is amended by adding a section to read:
21 Section 703.1.        Residential Construction Workforce Training
22Grant Program.
23    (a)   Establishment.--The Residential Construction Workforce
24 Training Grant Program is established within the department.
25    (b)   Award of grants.--
26(1)   The department shall award grants to the extent that
27    money is available in the account for the purpose of
28    addressing skilled labor shortages impacting the residential
29    housing construction needs of the Commonwealth.
30(2)   Grants shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations,
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1    educational institutions, career and technical education
2    providers, registered apprenticeship or preapprenticeship
3    programs, workforce development organizations or units of
4    local government.
5(3)    Grant awards shall be used for construction
6    workforce training, apprenticeships, tools, equipment and
7    instructional materials, including transportation assistance
8    and stipends, funded in whole or in part by the fee.
9(4)    Grant awards shall be directed to the building of
10    more residential units in this Commonwealth in the county
11    from which the fee originated.
12    (c)   Prioritization.--The department shall prioritize grant
13 awards within a county or municipality in which a fee is
14 collected.
15    (d)   Guidelines.--In addition to the reporting requirements
16 under section 703(d), the department shall administer the
17 account and shall establish guidelines, application procedures
18 and reporting requirements necessary to implement this section.
19    (e)   Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used
20 in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
21 section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
22    "Account."      The Residential Construction Workforce Training
23 Account established under section 703(b).
24    "Fee."      The optional fee imposed under section 703(a.1).
25    Section 3.      This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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