HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 724 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1839
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Peter Capano
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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 providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Peter Capano | 11th Essex | 1/17/2023 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 1/26/2023 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 1/30/2023 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 1/30/2023 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/30/2023 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/30/2023 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/1/2023 |
Christopher Hendricks | 11th Bristol | 2/1/2023 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/1/2023 |
Ryan M. Hamilton | 15th Essex | 2/1/2023 |
Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex | 2/1/2023 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 2/3/2023 |
Carol A. Doherty | 3rd Bristol | 2/3/2023 |
Marc R. Pacheco | Third Bristol and Plymouth | 2/8/2023 |
Rodney M. Elliott | 16th Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/13/2023 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/13/2023 |
Kate Lipper-Garabedian | 32nd Middlesex | 2/27/2023 |
Christopher Richard Flanagan | 1st Barnstable | 2/27/2023 |
Michael P. Kushmerek | 3rd Worcester | 3/9/2023 |
Paul R. Feeney | Bristol and Norfolk | 3/9/2023 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 3/30/2023 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 3/30/2023 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 3/30/2023 |
Dawne Shand | 1st Essex | 4/6/2023 |
Sally P. Kerans | 13th Essex | 6/2/2023 |
Aaron L. Saunders | 7th Hampden | 6/2/2023 |
Jennifer Balinsky Armini | 8th Essex | 6/26/2023 |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | 6/26/2023 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 6/26/2023 |
Simon Cataldo | 14th Middlesex | 9/21/2023 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | First Plymouth and Norfolk | 9/21/2023 |
Kate Donaghue | 19th Worcester | 10/26/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 724 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1839
By Representative Capano of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1839) of Peter Capano and others relative to providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce. Labor and Workforce Development. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 26 of Chapter 149 is hereby amended by adding at the end:
For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.
Six months after the passage of this act, 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
Section 6 of Chapter 149 A shall be amended by adding a new section:
(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.
Six months after the passage of this act 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
Chapter 30 Section 39m is hereby amended by adding a new section:
(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.
Six months after the passage of this act, 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.
Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.