2025 House Bill 4129

Labor: employment incentives; employment incentives nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program act; create.

A bill to create a nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program to award grants to certain graduates of a postsecondary school who are employed in this state at a qualified electric generation facility after graduation; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to prohibit the submission of false information and prescribe penalties; to provide remedies; to create certain funds; to provide for the distribution of money from certain funds; and to allow the promulgation of rules.

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House Bills 4124-4129 amend the Income Tax Act to provide tax credits for research and development in advanced nuclear reactor technologies, with a total annual cap of $2.5 million, effective from 2026.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 25, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Joey Andrews (D-38) and 11 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jaime Greene (R-65), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Karl Bohnak (R-109), Brian BeGole (R-71), Mike McFall (D-14), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Greg VanWoerkom (R-88), William Bruck (R-30) and Stephen Wooden (D-81)

March 25, 2025

Reported from the Committee on Energy

Referred to the Committee on Rules

April 17, 2025

Reported without amendment

Oct. 28, 2025

Passed in the House 84 to 20 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 30, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment