Substitute House Bill No. 6585, also known as Special Act No. 23-11, is a legislative act that establishes a working group to study and make recommendations on the feasibility of state universities using the H1-B visa cap exemption process to fill high-value job openings and promote workforce development. The act takes the Global Entrepreneur In Residence program as a model for this initiative. The study will focus on creating an international pipeline to expand the workforce, examining barriers to establishing such a pipeline, evaluating international workforce programs in other states, and determining how to make the state more competitive in recruiting an international workforce.

The working group will consist of various members, including legislative committee chairpersons, university presidents or their designees, a representative from an independent higher education institution, the Chief Workforce Officer, the Labor Commissioner, immigration attorneys, business representatives with experience in hiring international students, and a representative from a state business association. Appointments to the working group must be made within 30 days of the act's effective date, and the group is to hold its first meeting within 60 days. The group is tasked with submitting a report on its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2024, to the relevant legislative committee, after which the working group will terminate. The act was approved on June 28, 2023.