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Committee advances bill to create state registered-apprenticeship office and programs, fiscal note trimmed

2811688 · March 28, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 431 would establish the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development and related programs; committee amendment reduced the fiscal note to $1.5 million annually and removed an auto-licensure provision.

Senate Bill 431, which would establish the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development, related intermediary and pay-per-apprentice programs, and an advisory board within the Maryland Department of Labor, was reported favorably by the Economic Matters Committee after amendments.

Committee members debated scope and cost. Staff summarized changes made since the House version: removal of an automatic licensure provision for plumbing and adjustments to ratios that had been…

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