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Maryland committee hears bill to require state-funded contractors to prioritize Maryland workers
Summary
Supporters told the Health & Government Operations Committee that House Bill 957 would require state contractors on projects of $500,000 or more to prioritize Maryland residents for work hours and apprenticeship hours; opponents cited concerns over contractor pools, federal funding impacts and debarment penalties.
House Health and Government Operations Committee members heard testimony on House Bill 957, a bill proposing worker residency requirements and apprenticeship-hour targets for state-funded construction and infrastructure contracts. The sponsor’s representative said the bill would require contractors on state contracts of at least $500,000 to prioritize Maryland residents for a substantial share of work hours and apprenticeship hours, and to pay into a state apprenticeship training fund if they cannot meet the target.
Gabriel Tuckhorn, testifying for sponsor Delegate C.T. Wilson, said the bill is intended to “make sure contracted work done in the state for the state should be done by the state,” and described mechanisms that let…
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