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HB 1358

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Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act

Sponsor: LaToya Nkongolo (District 31)Committee: Government, Labor, and ElectionsSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce boards; requiring the Department to provide funding to a local workforce board as part of a certain quick response program; requiring local workforce boards to provide grants to employers under the Apprenticeship Career Training in Our Neighborhoods Program; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVPowell, HeatherCaroll County Workforce DevelopmentOral
FAVSanderson, MichaelMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVZiegler, NatalieMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVFeatherstone, AnthonyWorksource Montgomery Inc.Oral
FAVButler, BrandonlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Nkongolo, Delegate NkongololegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVNkongolo, LaToyaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
INFOBachman, JennaMaryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVButler, BrandonRegistered for: Cecil County Government; Center for Election Science; DelFest, LLC; International Responder Systems; Maryland Workforce Association; Toro Management, LLC