---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)"
description: "Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 964"
citation: "Maryland SB 964 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d097c3df-dc1e-4b2a-81ac-325924aea155"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0964?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ef548a1116c980e519dba5d323f69a34f55104bcfaa9b47b892553ab50097097"
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 964 (2026) — Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_409_sb0964t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0964f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0964t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Rereferred to Government, Labor, and Elections
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d097c3df-dc1e-4b2a-81ac-325924aea155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).