Maryland House Bill 597

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-7)
Status: Enrolled on April 4 2024 - 75% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Returned Passed
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.

Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act

Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]
Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]
Del. Christopher Bouchat [R]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]	Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]
Del. Debra Davis [D]	Del. Mark Edelson [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]
Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Michael Griffith [R]	Del. Brooke Grossman [D]
Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Kevin Harris [D]	Del. Shaneka Henson [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Carl Jackson [D]	Del. Andre Johnson [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Del. Dana Jones [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]
Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Del. April Fleming Miller [R]	Del. Bernice Mireku-North [D]
Del. Rachel Munoz [R]	Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Scott Phillips [D]
Del. Andrew Pruski [D]	Del. Lily Qi [D]	Del. Kent Roberson [D]	Del. Denise Roberts [D]
Del. Malcolm Ruff [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Gary Simmons [D]	Del. Karen Simpson [D]
Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Ryan Spiegel [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Kym Taylor [D]
Del. Karen Toles [D]	Del. Chris Tomlinson [R]	Del. Veronica Turner [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]
Del. Nicole Williams [D]	Del. Chao Wu [D]	Del. Caylin Young [D]

2024-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-04	House	Returned Passed
2024-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2024-04-01	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2024-04-01	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2024-04-01	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2024-03-18	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2024-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2024-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2024-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {163324/1 Adopted
2024-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2024-01-24	House	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-24	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB470 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-03 - Returned Passed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Labor and Employment	11	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	3	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	3	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0597?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0597f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0597t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/amds/bil_0007/hb0597_16332401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0597_jud.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0597_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/House/0707.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1083.pdf