Apprentices
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Apprenticeship and Training Council – Journeyworker–Apprentice Ratios – Electrical Craft or Trade [SB-991]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Apprenticeship and Training Council, on or before October 1, 2021, to adopt regulations establishing a certain ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices employed in the electrical craft or trade; prohibiting the Council from establishing a ratio of less than a certain amount; requiring an employer in the electrical craft or trade to comply with certain regulations; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a certain suspected violation under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Apprenticeship Start-Up Act of 2020 [SB-751]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "eligible apprentice" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for the employment of certain eligible apprentices to include certain individuals employed through a youth apprenticeship program; prohibiting a taxpayer from claiming the credit for more than five eligible apprentices in a taxable year; altering the amount of the credit to $3,000 for certain apprentices; altering the maximum amount of credits that may be approved in the aggregate each year to $15,000 per taxpayer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 643 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Apprenticeship Maryland 2030 [SB-868]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Career and Technology Education Committee; requiring the Committee to establish certain statewide goals for career and technical education; stating the purpose of the Career and Technology Education Innovation Grant in fiscal years 2021 or 2022; requiring the Committee to administer the Career and Technology Education Innovation Grant; extending the termination date for a certain tax credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Account [SB-887]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the carbon dioxide emissions rate for certain affected electric generating units from exceeding a certain amount; establishing the Fossil Fuel Community Transition Account to provide grants to certain individuals and communities; requiring the Department of Commerce to establish certain policies and procedures for the administration of the Account; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide funding for the Account; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Workforce Development [HB-840]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Joint Committee on Workforce Development to evaluate the condition of the State's public and private sector workforces, monitor skills shortages, identify strategies to expand employment, and evaluate the effectiveness of certain programs and policies; and requiring the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Child Welfare System - Reporting [SB-662]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and the Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [SB-658]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Granting collective bargaining rights to graduate students within the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs [HB-847]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the State Coordinator for Autism Strategy in the Department of Disabilities and the Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs; requiring the State Coordinator, in consultation with the Advisory Stakeholder Group, to identify and evaluate certain services for individuals with autism and their families, develop a certain strategic plan by July 1, 2021, identify certain performance measures, and monitor and evaluate the implementation of the strategic plan and the State's success in addressing certain needs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 341 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Morticians and Funeral Directors - Apprenticeships [SB-439]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the cap, from 2 to 4 years, that an applicant for a mortician or funeral director license may spend as an apprentice except under certain circumstances; requiring certain applicants and licensed apprentices to submit to the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors a certain letter from the Director of the Mortuary Science program in which the applicant is enrolled; requiring the practical experience for an apprentice to include at least 1,000 hours in a funeral establishment under supervision; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 603 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Workforce Development [SB-302]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Joint Committee on Workforce Development to evaluate the condition of the State's public and private sector workforces, monitor skills shortages, identify strategies to expand employment opportunities, increase earnings, and evaluate the effectiveness of certain programs and policies; requiring the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) And Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope [SB-224]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
Altering the scope of apprenticeship and training programs that may receive certain support through the Clean Energy Workforce Account from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for clean energy industry development; providing that $750,000 from the Fund be designated for the recruitment of individuals, including veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, to the pre-apprenticeship jobs training programs and the registered apprenticeship jobs training programs beginning in fiscal year 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 410 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Employment of Apprentices - Extension [HB-220]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Extending the termination date for the credit against the State income tax for the employment of an eligible apprentice to January 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; providing that Section 2 of Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2017 shall remain effective until June 30, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Employment of Apprentices - Extension [HB-220]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Extending the termination date for the credit against the State income tax for the employment of an eligible apprentice to January 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; providing that Section 2 of Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2017 shall remain effective until June 30, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Morticians and Funeral Directors - Apprenticeships [HB-106]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the cap, from 2 to 4 years, that an applicant for a mortician or funeral director license may spend as an apprentice except under certain circumstances; requiring certain applicants and licensed apprentices to submit to the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors a certain letter from the Director of the Mortuary Science program in which the applicant is enrolled; requiring the practical experience for an apprentice to include at least 1,000 hours in a funeral establishment under supervision; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 602 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Clean Energy Workforce Account - Establishment [HB-1512]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Clean Energy Workforce Account in the Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program; specifying that the purpose of the Account is to provide grants on a competitive basis to provide pre-apprenticeship job training for careers in clean energy; specifying the priority for grants awarded from the Account; requiring that a pre-apprenticeship job training program include specified training and curriculum, a specified documented strategy, and specified performance and evaluation methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Apprenticeship and Training Council - Apprentice Ratios - Electrical Craft or Trade [HB-1470]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Apprenticeship and Training Council, on or before October 1, 2018, to adopt regulations establishing a ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices employed in the electrical craft or trade; prohibiting the Council from establishing a ratio less than a specified amount; requiring an employer in the electrical craft or trade to comply with specified regulations; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a specified suspected violation under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Implementing the German Academic-Apprenticeship Model for Adults Without a High School Education [HB-1384]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Implementing the German Academic-Apprenticeship Model for Adults Without a High School Education; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rates - Applicability to Sheet Metal Fabricators [HB-1210]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Altering the definition of "employee" for purposes of provisions of law relating to the payment of specified prevailing wage rates by specified contractors and subcontractors under specified public works contracts to include specified apprentices and workers who are sheet metal fabricators employed at the place of business of the contractor or subcontractor; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Clean Energy Workforce Account - Establishment [SB-942]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Clean Energy Workforce Account in the Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program; providing for the funding of the Account; specifying that the purpose of the Account is to provide grants on a competitive basis to provide pre-apprenticeship job training for careers in the clean energy industry; specifying the priority for grants awarded from the Account; requiring that a pre-apprenticeship job training program include specified training and curriculum and a specified documented strategy; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Apprenticeships - Apprenticeship and Training Council - Revisions [HB-810]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing that the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning is the designated State Apprenticeship Agency under specified provisions of federal law; altering the duties of the Apprenticeship and Training Council; authorizing the Division to deregister a program or course rather than the Council suspending or revoking the approval of a program or course under specified circumstances; repealing a provision that authorizes the Council to recommend that the Division negotiate and adopt specified reciprocity agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 257 on 04/18/2017