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SENATE BILL 511
K3 4lr2056
CF HB 650
By: Senator A. Washington
Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2024
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Labor and Employment – Apprenticeship Standards – Ratio of Apprentices to 2
Journeypersons 3
Maryland Department of Labor – Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios 4
FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Labor to adopt regulations establishing a 5
certain ratio of apprentices to journeypersons for each nontraditional trade 6
occupation and newly registered occupation Maryland Department of Labor to 7
submit a report to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring 8
ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State; and generally 9
relating to apprenticeship standards and ratios of apprentices to journeypersons a 10
report on apprenticeship mentoring ratios. 11
BY adding to 12
Article – Labor and Employment 13
Section 11–410 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBL Y OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Labor and Employment 19
11–410. 20
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(A) IN THIS SECTION, “NONTRADITIONAL TRADE OCCUPATION ” MEANS: 1
(1) ADDITIVE MANUFACTURI NG TECHNICIAN ; 2
(2) AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC ; 3
(3) BUILDING AUTOMATION TECHNICIA N; 4
(4) CABINETMAKER ; 5
(5) CHILD CARE DEVELOPME NT SPECIALIST; 6
(6) COMPUTER PROGRAMMER , BUSINESS; 7
(7) COMPUTER SUPPORT SPE CIALIST; 8
(8) CYBERSECURITY SPECIA LIST; 9
(9) DATA AND SCIENCE ANA LYST; 10
(10) DIGITAL AND SOCIAL M EDIA SPECIALIST; 11
(11) ELECTRO–MEDICAL EQUIPMENT RE PAIRER; 12
(12) ENVIRONMENTAL CARE S UPERVISOR; 13
(13) ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM S CONTROL OPERATOR ; 14
(14) FINANCIAL SPECIALIST ; 15
(15) GENERAL INSURANCE AS SOCIATE; 16
(16) GRAPHIC DESIGNER ; 17
(17) HOUSING INSPECTOR; 18
(18) INFORMATION TECHNOLO GY GENERALIST ; 19
(19) LODGING MANAGER ; 20
(20) MARYLAND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH INSPECTOR ; 21
(21) PROGRAMMER , ENGINEERING /SCIENTIFIC; 22
(22) SECURE SOFTWARE PROG RAMMER; 23 SENATE BILL 511 3
(23) SECURITY CONTROL ASS ESSOR; 1
(24) SYSTEM SECURITY ANAL YST; 2
(25) TECHNICAL SUPPORT SP ECIALIST; 3
(26) WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNICIAN; 4
(27) WATER PUMPING TECHNI CIAN; AND 5
(28) WATER TREATMENT TECH NICIAN. 6
(B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 7
SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATI ONS ESTABLISHING A R ATIO OF THREE 8
APPRENTICES TO ONE J OURNEYPERSON FOR : 9
(I) EACH NONTRADITIONAL TRADE OCCUPATION ; AND 10
(II) EACH NEWLY REGISTERE D OCCUPATION . 11
(2) PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION D OES NOT APPLY WITH 12
RESPECT TO AN OCCUPATION FOR WH ICH THE COUNCIL OR DIVISION HAS 13
DETERMINED THAT THE RATIO REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 14
SUBSECTION POSES A R ISK TO THE SAFETY OF WORKERS IN THE WORKP LACE. 15
(a) On or before October 1, 2024, the Maryland Department of Labor shall submit 16
to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, a 17
report that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional 18
apprenticeable occupations in the State. 19
(b) The report shall include: 20
(1) the total number of apprentices and the number of apprentices by 21
employer that participated in nontraditional apprenticeships, which are apprenticeship 22
occupations outside of the building trades, in the immediately preceding fiscal year; 23
(2) an analysis of, including identification of, all nontraditional 24
apprenticeship occupations that could operate with a higher than one–to–one mentorship 25
ratio without posing a risk to the safety of workers in the workplace; 26
(3) a list of all apprenticeship ratio waiver requests received by the 27
Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council in the immediately preceding 5 calendar 28
years, the respective outcomes for the requests, and the reasons for a denied waiver request; 29
and 30
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(4) recommended strategies to streamline the expansion of apprenticeship 1
ratios for all newly registered nontraditional apprenticeship occupations for the purpose of 2
meeting the goals of the Apprenticeship 2030 Commission. 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4
October June 1, 2024. 5
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.