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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
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10	7		SENATE BILL 3
11	8		P2, K3 5lr1469
12		-	(PRE–FILED) CF ~~HB 850~~
	9	+	(PRE–FILED) CF 5lr2193
13	10		By: Senator Ellis
14	11		Requested: October 29, 2024
15	12		Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
16	13		Assigned to: Finance
17		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
18		-	Senate action: Adopted
19		-	Read second time: March 11, 2025
20	14
21		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	15	+	A BILL ENTITLED
22	16
23	17		AN ACT concerning 1
24	18
25	19		Procurement – Public Work Contracts – Data Dashboard 2
26	20		(Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act ) 3
27		-	Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and 4
28		-	Apprentices – Establishment 5
29	21
30		-	FOR the purpose of requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and 6
31		-	maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, 7
32		-	subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; 8
33		-	requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide 9
34		-	certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the 10
35		-	data dashboard on a certain basis, post the data dashboard on the Maryland 11
36		-	Department of Labor website, and maintain a certain cache; and generally relating 12
37		-	to public work contracts establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data 13
38		-	Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient 14
39		-	and cost–effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that 15
40		-	disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and 16
41		-	apprentices working under the public work contracts; and generally relating to the 17
42		-	Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and 18
43		-	Apprentices. 19
	22	+	FOR the purpose of requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and 4
	23	+	maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, 5
	24	+	subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; 6
	25	+	requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide 7
	26	+	certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the 8
	27	+	data dashboard on a certain basis, post the data dashboard on the Maryland 9
	28	+	Department of Labor website, and maintain a certain cache; and generally relating 10
	29	+	to public work contracts. 11
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45		-	BY adding to 20
46		-	Article – State Finance and Procurement 21
47		-	Section 17–206 22
48		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 23 2 SENATE BILL 3
	31	+	BY adding to 12
	32	+	Article – State Finance and Procurement 13
	33	+	Section 17–206 14
	34	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
	35	+	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
	36	+
	37	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
	38	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
	39	+
	40	+	Article – State Finance and Procurement 19
	41	+
	42	+	17–206. 20
	43	+
	44	+	(A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A CLEA R AND 21
	45	+	EASY–TO–UNDERSTAND GRAPHIC D ATA DASHBOARD THAT I NCLUDES, FOR EACH 22
	46	+	ONGOING PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT: 23
	47	+	2 SENATE BILL 3
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50	49
51		-	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 1
	50	+	(1) THE NAME OF EACH CONTRACTOR A ND SUBCONTRACTOR 1
	51	+	WORKING UNDER THE PU BLIC WORK CONTRACT ; 2
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53		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2
54		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 3
	53	+	(2) THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION REGARDING THE EMPLOYEES OF 3
	54	+	EACH CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR WORKIN G UNDER THE PUBLIC WORK 4
	55	+	CONTRACT: 5
55	56
56		-	(a) ~~There is a Workgroup on~~ the ~~Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work 4~~
57		-	~~Contracts and Apprentices.~~ 5
	57	+	(I) THE PREVAILING WAGE RATES PAID BY EACH CONTRACTOR 6
	58	+	OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 7
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59		-	(b) The Workgroup consists of the following members: 6
	60	+	(II) THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY EACH 8
	61	+	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 9
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61		-	(1) ~~three members of~~ the ~~Senate of Maryland,~~ ~~appointed~~ by the ~~President 7~~
62		-	~~of the Senate~~; 8
	63	+	(III) THE REGULAR WAGES AND OVERTIME WAGES PAID BY THE 10
	64	+	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 11
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64		-	(2) ~~three members of the House of Delegates, appointed~~ by the ~~Speaker of 9~~
65		-	~~the House~~; 10
	66	+	(IV) ANY FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEE S BY THE 12
	67	+	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 13
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67		-	(3) the Secretary of Labor, or the Secretary’s designee; 11
	69	+	(V) THE JOB CLASSIFICATI ON OF EACH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED 14
	70	+	BY THE CONTRACTOR OR SU BCONTRACTOR ; AND 15
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69		-	(4) ~~the Commissioner of Labor and Industry,~~ ~~or the Commissioner’s 12~~
70		-	~~designee~~; and 13
	72	+	(VI) ANY ADDITIONAL INFOR MATION DETERMINED NECESSARY 16
	73	+	BY THE COMMISSIONER ; AND 17
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72		-	(5) the following members, appointed by the Governor: 14
	75	+	(3) (I) THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES WORKING FOR EACH 18
	76	+	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 19
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74		-	(i) ~~one representative of~~ the ~~Baltimore–DC Building Trades 15~~
75		-	~~Council, selected by the President of the Council~~; 16
	78	+	(II) THE TRADE PRACTICED BY EACH APPRENTICE WORKING 20
	79	+	FOR EACH CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 21
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77		-	(ii) one representative of the Mid–Atlantic Pipe Trades Association; 17
	81	+	(III) THE CERTIFICATION ST ATUS OF EACH APPRENTICE 22
	82	+	WORKING FOR EACH CON TRACTOR OR SUBCONTRA CTOR; 23
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79		-	(~~iii~~) ~~one representative who is an attorney and a member of 18~~
80		-	~~Steamfitters Union Local 602~~; 19
	84	+	(IV) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH APPRENTICES HIP 24
	85	+	PROGRAM SPONSOR ; 25
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82		-	(iv) ~~one representative of the Associated Builders and Contractors of 20~~
83		-	~~Maryland (ABC)~~; 21
	87	+	(V) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR EACH APPRENTICE WORKING FOR 26
	88	+	EACH CONTRACTOR OR S UBCONTRACTOR ; AND 27
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85		-	(v) one representative of the Independent Electrical Contractors 22
86		-	(IEC) Chesapeake; and 23
87		-
88		-	(vi) one representative of the Maryland Minority Contractors 24
89		-	Association (MMCA). 25
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91		-	(c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall designate the 26
92		-	co–chairs of the Workgroup. 27
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94		-	(d) The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall provide staff for the 28
95		-	Workgroup. 29
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97		-	(e) A member of the Workgroup: 30 SENATE BILL 3 3
	90	+	(VI) THE DATE EACH APPREN TICE REGISTERED WITH THE 28
	91	+	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 29
	92	+	SENATE BILL 3 3
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	95	+	(B) EACH CONTRACTOR WHO IS CONTRACTED UN DER A PUBLIC WORK 1
	96	+	CONTRACT SHALL PROVI DE THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE INFORMATION LISTED 2
	97	+	UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ONCE A WEEK. 3
100	98
101		-	(1) ~~may not receive compensation as a member of~~ the ~~Workgroup; but 1~~
	99	+	(C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL : 4
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103		-	(2) ~~is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under~~ the ~~Standard State 2~~
104		-	~~Travel Regulations,~~ ~~as provided in the State budget.~~ 3
	101	+	(1) UPDATE THE DATA DASH BOARD DEVELOPED UNDE R SUBSECTION 5
	102	+	(A) OF THIS SECTION AT L EAST ONCE A MONTH ; 6
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106		-	(f) At the first meeting of the Workgroup that occurs on or after July 1, 2025, the 4
107		-	Workgroup shall vote to adopt a code of conduct providing for the acceptable conduct of 5
108		-	Workgroup members. 6
	104	+	(2) POST THE MOST RECENT LY UPDATED DATA DASHBOA RD 7
	105	+	PROMINENTLY ON THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WEBSITE; AND 8
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110		-	(g) The Workgroup shall: 7
	107	+	(3) MAINTAIN A CACHE CONTAINING THE INFORMATION POSTED ON 9
	108	+	THE DATA DASHBOARD F OR AT LEAST THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G 24 MONTHS. 10
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112		-	(1) study the most efficient and cost–effective method to create a publicly 8
113		-	available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts 9
114		-	with the State, including information on: 10
	110	+	(D) THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 11
	111	+	SECTION. 12
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116		-	(i) the name of each contractor and subcontractor working under a 11
117		-	public work contract; 12
118		-
119		-	(ii) wages, including overtime wages, and benefits paid to each 13
120		-	employee of a contractor or subcontractor working under a public work contract; 14
121		-
122		-	(iii) the job classification of each employee employed by a contractor 15
123		-	or subcontractor working under a public work contract; 16
124		-
125		-	(iv) apprentices working under each contractor and subcontractor for 17
126		-	public works contracts, including: 18
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128		-	1. the number of apprentices employed; 19
129		-
130		-	2. demographic information for each apprentice; 20
131		-
132		-	3. the date each apprentice registered with the Maryland 21
133		-	Department of Labor; 22
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135		-	4. the trade practiced by each apprentice; and 23
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137		-	5. the certification status of each apprentice; and 24
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139		-	(v) each apprenticeship program sponsored by each contractor or 25
140		-	subcontractor working under a public work contract; and 26
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142		-	(2) make recommendations regarding: 27
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144		-	(i) where the data dashboard shall be located; 28
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148		-	(ii) necessary costs associated with the development and 1
149		-	maintenance of the data dashboard; and 2
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151		-	(iii) time frames during which the data dashboard can be developed 3
152		-	and implemented and the frequency with which the information in the data dashboard can 4
153		-	be updated. 5
154		-
155		-	(h) On or before January 7, 2027, the Workgroup shall report its findings and 6
156		-	recommendations to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State 7
157		-	Government Article, the General Assembly. 8
158		-
159		-	Article – State Finance and Procurement 9
160		-
161		-	17–206. 10
162		-
163		-	(A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DE VELOP A CLEAR AND 11
164		-	EASY–TO–UNDERSTAND GRAPHIC D ATA DASHBOARD THAT I NCLUDES, FOR EACH 12
165		-	ONGOING PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT : 13
166		-
167		-	(1) THE NAME OF EACH CON TRACTOR AND SUBCONTR ACTOR 14
168		-	WORKING UNDER THE PU BLIC WORK CONTRACT ; 15
169		-
170		-	(2) THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION REGARDING THE EMPLOYEES OF 16
171		-	EACH CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR WORKIN G UNDER THE PUBLIC W ORK 17
172		-	CONTRACT: 18
173		-
174		-	(I) THE PREVAILING WAGE RATE S PAID BY EACH CONTR ACTOR 19
175		-	OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 20
176		-
177		-	(II) THE NUMBER OF EMPLOY EES EMPLOYED BY EACH 21
178		-	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 22
179		-
180		-	(III) THE REGULAR WAGES AN D OVERTIME WAGES PAI D BY THE 23
181		-	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 24
182		-
183		-	(IV) ANY FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES BY THE 25
184		-	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 26
185		-
186		-	(V) THE JOB CLASSIFICATI ON OF EACH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED 27
187		-	BY THE CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; AND 28
188		-
189		-	(VI) ANY ADDITIONAL INFOR MATION DETERMINED NE CESSARY 29
190		-	BY THE COMMISSIONER ; AND 30
191		-	SENATE BILL 3 5
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193		-
194		-	(3) (I) THE NUMBER OF APPREN TICES WORKING FOR EA CH 1
195		-	CONTRACTOR OR SUBCON TRACTOR; 2
196		-
197		-	(II) THE TRADE PRACTICED BY EACH APPRENTICE W ORKING 3
198		-	FOR EACH CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR ; 4
199		-
200		-	(III) THE CERTIFICATION ST ATUS OF EACH APPRENT ICE 5
201		-	WORKING FOR EACH CON TRACTOR OR SUB CONTRACTOR ; 6
202		-
203		-	(IV) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH APPRENTICES HIP 7
204		-	PROGRAM SPONSOR ; 8
205		-
206		-	(V) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR EACH APPRENTICE WORK ING FOR 9
207		-	EACH CONTRACTOR OR S UBCONTRACTOR ; AND 10
208		-
209		-	(VI) THE DATE EACH APPREN TICE REGISTERED WITH THE 11
210		-	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 12
211		-
212		-	(B) EACH CONTRACTOR WHO I S CONTRACTED UNDER A PUBLIC WORK 13
213		-	CONTRACT SHALL PROVI DE THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE INFORMATION LISTED 14
214		-	UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ONCE A WEEK. 15
215		-
216		-	(C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL : 16
217		-
218		-	(1) UPDATE THE DATA DASH BOARD DEVELOPED UNDER SUBS ECTION 17
219		-	(A) OF THIS SECTION AT L EAST ONCE A MONTH ; 18
220		-
221		-	(2) POST THE MOST RECENT LY UPDATED DATA DASH BOARD 19
222		-	PROMINENTLY ON THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WEBSITE ; AND 20
223		-
224		-	(3) MAINTAIN A CACHE CON TAINING THE INFORMAT ION POSTED ON 21
225		-	THE DATA DASHBOARD FOR AT LEAS T THE IMMEDIATELY PR ECEDING 24 MONTHS. 22
226		-
227		-	(D) THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 23
228		-	SECTION. 24
229		-
230		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25
231		-	October 1, 2025. 26
232		-
233		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 27
234		-	1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 7 months and, at the end of 28
235		-	January 31, 2027, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall 29
236		-	be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 30
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	113	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13
	114	+	October 1, 2025. 14