Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB194: Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program
Status: In committee, March 20, 2026
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in consultation with the Department of Labor to develop an Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program to provide incarcerated individuals at the Baltimore City Correctional Center the opportunity to serve as paid apprentices in an agency or a unit of State or local government or with a private entity; and requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2029, on the implementation of the Program.
What the bill says
An act concerning Incarcerated Job Training Act Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals…
From the engrossed text, March 10, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Incarcerated Job Training Act Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; and generally relating to an incarcerated individual apprenticeship program and the employment of incarcerated individuals an Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program to provide incarcerated individuals at the Baltimore City Correctional Center the opportunity to serve as paid apprentices; and generally relating to the Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program. BY adding to Article - Correctional Services Section 3-901 through 3-908 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 9. Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program" Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Correctional Services EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. *hb0194* HOUSE BILL SUBTITLE 9. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. 3-901. IN THIS SUBTITLE, "APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM" MEANS THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. 3-902. (A) THERE IS AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT. (B) THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM …
Sponsors
- Ric Metzgar (R, 6) · primary sponsor
- Charlotte Crutchfield (D, 19)
- Ken Kerr (D, HD-003B)
- Sheila Ruth (D, 44B)
- Matthew Schindler (D, HD-002)
- Jared Solomon (D, 18)
- Jennifer Terrasa (D, 13)
- Melissa Wells (D, 40)
- Chao Wu (D, 9A)
Latest actions
- : Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- : Referred Judicial Proceedings
- : Third Reading Passed (115-17)
- : Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- : Favorable with Amendments {293720/1 Adopted
- : Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- : Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- : First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
- : Pre-filed
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (115-17) (March 12, 2026): 115 yea, 17 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules and Regulations, Counties, Municipal Corporations, Reports, Commerce and Business, Administrative Agencies, Sunset, Health
Common questions
- What is HB194?
- HB194 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program.
- What does HB194 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning Incarcerated Job Training Act Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals…
- What is the status of HB194?
- In committee as of March 20, 2026. Latest action: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (March 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB194?
- Ric Metzgar (R, 6), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB194?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0194?ys=2026RS
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