HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1352        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1620

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

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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:

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/15/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/16/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/23/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/23/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/23/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/23/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/23/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/23/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/24/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/24/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/24/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/26/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/28/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/28/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/28/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/28/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/29/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/29/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/29/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/29/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/30/2019

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

1/30/2019

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

1/30/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/30/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/31/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2019

Joseph F. Wagner

8th Hampden

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/31/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/31/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/1/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/1/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1352        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1620

By Ms. Ferrante of Gloucester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1620) of Ann-Margaret Ferrante and others relative to apprenticeship programs.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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:
 

SECTION 1. Section 11G of chapter 23 of the 2016 General Laws as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The director and deputy director shall set up and administer, conditions and training standards for apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship agreements, which conditions and standards shall in no case be lower than those prescribed by said sections 11E to 11W, inclusive, shall create and implement with the division for recruitment, selection, employment, training and qualification of apprentices, that shall commit to having apprentices on public construction job site, for projects exceeding the cost of 7.5 Million Dollars, within 90 calendar days from the commencement of labor at the job site pursuant to the apprenticeship programs sponsor’s contract.

SECTION 2. Section 11H of Chapter 23 is hereby amended striking out the definition of "Apprenticeship program sponsor" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

"Apprenticeship program sponsor". A person, association, committee, organization, corporation, partnership, trust or other entity operating an apprentice program on public projects, administered by the director of the department of labor standards and the deputy director with the advice and guidance of the apprenticeship council, shall administer sections 11E to 11W, inclusive, who shall commit to having apprentices on job sites for public construction projects exceeding 7.5 million dollars within 90 calendar days from the commencement of its labor on the job site.

SECTION 3. Section 11H of Chapter 23 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs:-

"Public construction". shall mean and be inclusive of the following, when any public funding is appropriated for any state, municipal and/or county highways, roads, bridges and/or buildings that will be new construction, reconstruction, remodeling, retro fitting and/or refurbished.