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SB 777

EnactedCrossfile HB 1358
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Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)

Sponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (District 6)Committee: FinanceSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Department 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 local workforce boards; requiring local workforce boards to provide certain grants; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVPowell, HeatherCaroll County Workforce DevelopmentOral
FAVAnderson, KarringtonMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FAVSalling, Johnny RaySenator Johnny Ray SallingWritten (PDF)
FAVFeatherstone, AnthonyWorksource Montgomery Inc.Oral
FAVButler, BrandonlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Salling, Senator SallinglegislatorIndividualOral
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