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*hb0850*
HOUSE BILL 850
P2, K3 5lr2193
CF SB 3
By: Delegates Williams, Charkoudian, Fair, Feldmark, Foley, Palakovich Carr,
Pasteur, Pena–Melnyk, Pruski, Rogers, Taylor, Valderrama, and
White Holland
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2025
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Procurement – Public Work Contracts – Data Dashboard 2
(Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and 4
maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, 5
subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; 6
requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide 7
certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the 8
data dashboard on a certain basis, post the data dashboard on the Maryland 9
Department of Labor website, and maintain a certain cache; and generally relating 10
to public work contracts. 11
BY adding to 12
Article – State Finance and Procurement 13
Section 17–206 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – State Finance and Procurement 19
17–206. 20
(A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DE VELOP A CLEAR AND 21
EASY–TO–UNDERSTAND GRAPHIC D ATA DASHB OARD THAT INCLUDES , FOR EACH 22
ONGOING PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT: 23 2 HOUSE BILL 850
(1) THE NAME OF EACH CON TRACTOR AND SUBCONTR ACTOR 1
WORKING UNDER THE PU BLIC WORK CONTRACT ; 2
(2) THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION REGARDING THE EMPLOYEES OF 3
EACH CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR WORKIN G UNDER THE PUBLIC WORK 4
CONTRACT: 5
(I) THE PREVAILING WAGE RATES PAID BY EACH C ONTRACTOR 6
OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 7
(II) THE NUMBER OF EMPLOY EES EMPLOYED BY EACH 8
CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 9
(III) THE REGULAR WAGES AN D OVERTIME WAGES PAI D BY THE 10
CONTRACTOR O R SUBCONTRACTOR ; 11
(IV) ANY FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEE S BY THE 12
CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 13
(V) THE JOB CLASSIFICATI ON OF EACH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED 14
BY THE CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; AND 15
(VI) ANY ADDITIONAL INFOR MATION DETERMINED NECESSARY 16
BY THE COMMISSIONER ; AND 17
(3) (I) THE NUMBER OF APPREN TICES WORKING FOR EA CH 18
CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 19
(II) THE TRADE PRACTICED BY EACH APPRENTICE W ORKING 20
FOR EACH CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 21
(III) THE CERTIFICATION ST ATUS OF EACH A PPRENTICE 22
WORKING FOR EACH CON TRACTOR OR SUBCONTRA CTOR; 23
(IV) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH APPRENTICES HIP 24
PROGRAM SPONSOR ; 25
(V) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR EACH APPRENTICE WORK ING FOR 26
EACH CONTRACTOR OR S UBCONTRACTOR ; AND 27
(VI) THE DATE EACH APPREN TICE REGISTERED WITH THE 28
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 29 HOUSE BILL 850 3
(B) EACH CONTRACTOR WHO I S CONTRACTED UNDER A PUBLIC WORK 1
CONTRACT SHALL PROVI DE THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE INFORMATION LISTED 2
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ONCE A WEEK. 3
(C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL : 4
(1) UPDATE THE DATA DASH BOARD DEVELOPED UNDE R SUBSECTION 5
(A) OF THIS SECTION AT L EAST ONCE A MONTH ; 6
(2) POST THE MOST RECENT LY UPDATED DATA DASH BOARD 7
PROMINENTLY ON THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WEBSITE ; AND 8
(3) MAINTAIN A CACHE CON TAINING THE INFORMATION POSTE D ON 9
THE DATA DASHBOARD F OR AT LEAST THE IMME DIATELY PRECEDING 24 MONTHS. 10
(D) THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 11
SECTION. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13
October 1, 2025. 14