Senators Marsha Blackburn and Jacky Rosen introduced bipartisan legislation to support and expand cybersecurity apprenticeships.
Introduce and support legislation to support and expand cybersecurity apprenticeship programs.
Occurrences
Evidence
S.4263, the Cyber Ready Workforce Act, was introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2026; Jacky Rosen is sponsor and Marsha Blackburn is listed as a cosponsor.
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced the Cyber Ready Workforce Act to establish DOL grants to expand registered cybersecurity apprenticeship programs.
Sen. Blackburn's office announced that Blackburn and Sen. Jacky Rosen introduced the Cyber Ready Workforce Act, describing it as legislation to support and expand cybersecurity apprenticeships and to direct DOL to establish grants for creating, implementing, and expanding registered cybersecurity apprenticeship programs.
GovInfo bill record for S. 4263, the Cyber Ready Workforce Act, identifies the introduced Senate bill and its text for a federal grant program to create or expand registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity; existing record context lists Marsha Blackburn as a cosponsor.
Assessments
The promise was to introduce and support legislation, not necessarily to enact it. In her federal Senate role, Blackburn cosponsored S.4263, the Cyber Ready Workforce Act, introduced in the 119th Congress on March 26, 2026, and her office publicly announced support for the bill to expand registered cybersecurity apprenticeship programs through Department of Labor grants. That satisfies the promised legislative action during the same Senate term.
Sen. Blackburn cosponsored the Cyber Ready Workforce Act (S.4263), introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2026, and her Senate office issued a press release endorsing the bill (April 9, 2026). The bill would establish DOL grants to create and expand registered cybersecurity apprenticeship programs, matching the promise to introduce/support legislation for cybersecurity apprenticeships. Blackburn is a cosponsor (not the primary sponsor), but her formal cosponsorship and public announcement constitute legislative support.