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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1500 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1208
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael O. Moore
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to apprenticeship programs.
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PETITION OF:
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
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
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1500 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1208
By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1208) of Michael O. Moore, Rodney
M. Elliott, James C. Arena-DeRosa, Adam Scanlon and other members of the General Court for
legislation relative to apprenticeship programs. Labor and Workforce Development.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1157 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to apprenticeship programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsection:-
3 (c) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for contracts
4set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes effective.
5This section shall further apply to any contract for the construction, reconstruction, installation,
6demolition, maintenance or repair of any building that is subject to sections 26 through 27D of
7chapter 149, inclusive, regardless of whether the project is not otherwise subject to sections 44A
8to 44H of chapter 149, inclusive. 2 of 4
9 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
10shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
11training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
12inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
13Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall
14employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
15the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
16program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
17graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years.
18 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
19provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
20apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.
21 SECTION 2. Chapter 149A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the
22following section:
23 Section 22. (a) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for
24contracts set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes
25effective.
26 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
27shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
28training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
29inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
30Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall 3 of 4
31employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
32the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
33program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
34graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years.
35 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
36provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
37apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.
38 SECTION 3. Section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
39amended by inserting after subsection (e), the following subsection:-
40 (f) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for contracts
41set forth herein which are issued more than 90 days after the date this section becomes effective.
42 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
43shall, within 30 calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an apprentice
44training program registered and approved pursuant to sections 11E through 11W of chapter 23,
45inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the U.S.
46Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors shall
47employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract throughout
48the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2025, to be eligible as an apprenticeship
49program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program must have
50graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past 5 years. 4 of 4
51 Within 45 calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and subcontractor shall
52provide written certification of compliance with this section and documentation identifying the
53apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it participates to the attorney general.