2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB289: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program

Legislative Summary

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individual's wages to a spouse, child, or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.

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Bill History

10/10/2024
Pre-filed
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
First Reading Judiciary
House of Delegates
1/10/2025
Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(10/10/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Ric Metzgar
Ric Metzgar
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/3/2025100.2 KB