---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion"
description: "State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1165"
citation: "Maryland HB 1165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd486b17-9f31-458d-a4ba-e1ac777a6af0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1165?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e0f4e2d0f76e4a48b775795eed92cff88d702e3cabc25bbf4dcad3ffb75edbf8"
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 HB 1165 (2026) — State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_533_hb1165t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1165f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1165t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **35–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-31** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd486b17-9f31-458d-a4ba-e1ac777a6af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).