---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios"
description: "Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 511"
citation: "Maryland SB 511 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf7ef24-284a-4706-801d-69df1140aa2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0511?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f6a2df95297b489966401a3edc759a29fd0c953c8492245e8371d0ea58a3fdbf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 511 (2024) — Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_307_sb0511t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Apprenticeship Standards - Ratio of Apprentices to Journeypersons** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0511f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0511t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf7ef24-284a-4706-801d-69df1140aa2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).