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HB 289

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

Sponsor: Ric Metzgar (District 6)Committee: JudiciarySubject: CorrectionsStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJackson, MarcuslobbyistAssociated Builders and ContractorsWritten (PDF)
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVCaroom, PhilipMaryland Alliance for Justice ReformPosition only
FAVJabin, DrewMaryland Association of Community CollegesWritten (PDF)
FAVOrbe, Jr., CarlosMaryland Latinos UnidosWritten (PDF)
FAVCollins-Green, TerriMaryland Office of Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
FAVGilbert, PatrickMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVPack, AnnePREPAREOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Metzgar, Delegate MetzgarlegislatorIndividualOral
INFOBaker, RayBaltimore- DC Building TradesWritten (PDF)
INFOThoms, ChristopherDPSCSWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJackson, MarcusAssociated Builders and ContractorsRegistered for: Associated Builders & Contractors