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22 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1500 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
33 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1208
44 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
55 _________________
66 PRESENTED BY:
77 Michael O. Moore
88 _________________
99 To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
1010 Court assembled:
1111 The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
1212 An Act relative to apprenticeship programs.
1313 _______________
1414 PETITION OF:
1515 NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael O. MooreSecond WorcesterRodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/30/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/30/2023Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/30/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk1/30/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/30/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/30/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/30/2023Carlos González10th Hampden1/30/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/31/2023Frank A. Moran17th Essex2/1/2023David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/1/2023Danielle W. Gregoire4th Middlesex2/1/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/1/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/1/2023Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk2/2/2023Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/2/2023 2 of 2
1616 Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/8/2023Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol2/8/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex2/8/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/8/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex2/8/2023Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol2/13/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/13/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/15/2023Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk2/15/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/22/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/22/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex3/1/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk3/2/2023Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk3/8/2023Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk3/9/2023 1 of 4
1717 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1500 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
1818 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1208
1919 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1208) of Michael O. Moore, Rodney
2020 M. Elliott, James C. Arena-DeRosa, Adam Scanlon and other members of the General Court for
2121 legislation relative to apprenticeship programs. Labor and Workforce Development.
2222 [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
2323 SEE SENATE, NO. 1157 OF 2021-2022.]
2424 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2525 _______________
2626 In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
2727 (2023-2024)
2828 _______________
2929 An Act relative to apprenticeship programs.
3030 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
3131 of the same, as follows:
3232 1 SECTION 1. Section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
3333 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsection:-
3434 3 (c) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for contracts
3535 4set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes effective.
3636 5This section shall further apply to any contract for the construction, reconstruction, installation,
3737 6demolition, maintenance or repair of any building that is subject to sections 26 through 27D of
3838 7chapter 149, inclusive, regardless of whether the project is not otherwise subject to sections 44A
3939 8to 44H of chapter 149, inclusive. 2 of 4
4040 9 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
4141 10shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
4242 11training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
4343 12inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
4444 13Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall
4545 14employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
4646 15the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
4747 16program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
4848 17graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years.
4949 18 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
5050 19provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
5151 20apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.
5252 21 SECTION 2. Chapter 149A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the
5353 22following section:
5454 23 Section 22. (a) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for
5555 24contracts set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes
5656 25effective.
5757 26 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
5858 27shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
5959 28training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
6060 29inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
6161 30Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall 3 of 4
6262 31employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
6363 32the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
6464 33program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
6565 34graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years.
6666 35 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
6767 36provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
6868 37apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.
6969 38 SECTION 3. Section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
7070 39amended by inserting after subsection (e), the following subsection:-
7171 40 (f) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for contracts
7272 41set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes effective.
7373 42 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
7474 43shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
7575 44training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
7676 45inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
7777 46Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall
7878 47employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
7979 48the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
8080 49program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
8181 50graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years. 4 of 4
8282 51 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
8383 52provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
8484 53apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.