Massachusetts HD 3922: An Act relative to apprenticeship programs

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3922 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2165

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel J. Ryan
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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: DATE ADDED:
Daniel J. Ryan 2nd Suffolk 1/17/2025
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 1/27/2025
Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester 1/27/2025
James K. Hawkins 2nd Bristol 1/27/2025
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. 12th Hampden 1/27/2025
Frank A. Moran 17th Essex 1/27/2025
Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 1/28/2025
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth 1/28/2025
Erika Uyterhoeven 27th Middlesex 1/29/2025
Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 1/29/2025
Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Norfolk 2/4/2025
Christopher M. Markey 9th Bristol 2/4/2025
Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex 2/20/2025
Antonio F. D. Cabral 13th Bristol 3/5/2025
Jonathan D. Zlotnik 2nd Worcester 3/14/2025
Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester 3/18/2025
James C. Arena-DeRosa 8th Middlesex 3/31/2025
Tackey Chan 2nd Norfolk 6/3/2025

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3922 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2165
By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2165) of Daniel
J. Ryan and others relative to apprenticeship programs. Labor and Workforce Development.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1945 OF 2023-2024.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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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 Massachusetts General Laws as
2 appearing in the 2018 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting the following subsection
3 after subsection (b):
4 (c) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for contracts
5 set forth herein which are issued more than ninety days after the date this section becomes
6 effective. This section shall further apply to any contract for the construction, reconstruction,
7 installation, demolition, maintenance or repair of any building that is subject to sections 26
8 through 27D of Chapter 149 inclusive, regardless of whether the project is not otherwise subject
9 to sections 44A to 44H of Chapter 149 inclusive.

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10 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
11 shall, within thirty calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an
12 apprentice training program registered and approved pursuant to Sections 11E through 11W of
13 Chapter 23 inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the
14 U.S. Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors
15 shall employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract
16 throughout the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2023, to be eligible as an
17 apprenticeship program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship program
18 must have graduated apprentices to journey worker status for at least three of the past five years.
19 Within forty-five calendar days of award of the contract, each contractor and
20 subcontractor shall provide written certification of compliance with this section and
21 documentation identifying the apprenticeship program which it maintains or in which it
22 participates to the attorney general.
23 SECTION 2. Chapter 149A of the Massachusetts General Laws as appearing in the 2018
24 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following section:
25 Section 22. (a) This section shall apply to any request for bids or request for proposals for
26 contracts set forth herein which are issued more than ninety days after the date this section
27 becomes effective.
28 For all such contracts, all trade contractors and subcontractors working under the contract
29 shall, within thirty calendar days of award of the contract, maintain or participate in an
30 apprentice training program registered and approved pursuant to Sections 11E through 11W of
31 Chapter 23 inclusive, or registered and approved as a registered apprenticeship program by the

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32 U.S. Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 29. Said contractors and subcontractors
33 shall employ apprentices registered and approved through said programs on said contract
34 throughout the duration of said contract. Effective January 1, 2023, to be eligible as an
35 apprenticeship program under this section, said registered and approved apprenticeship pr