republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-597.md

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Bill	Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act	Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 597	Maryland HB 597 (2024)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson Administration Allen Alston Amprey Anderton Bagnall Bartlett Bhandari Boafo Bouchat Boyce Conaway Crutchfield D. Jones Davis Edelson Fennell Foley Forbes Fraser-Hidalgo Griffith Grossman Guyton Harris Henson Hill Hornberger Jackson Kaiser Kaufman Lopez Love McCaskill Miller Mireku-North Munoz Pasteur Patterson Phillips Pruski Qi Roberson Roberts Ruff Ruth S. Johnson Simmons Simpson Solomon Speaker Spiegel Taveras Taylor Toles Tomlinson Turner Watson Williams Wu Young	3	13	2	2024-01-24	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0e3bb696-2432-439c-823e-a89046bba5b1	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0597?ys=2024RS&search=True	6cbb493e1a8c93c22c4c4958cd9525cbe74e94e6ce08ee00b49e58b60fb4182e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 597 (2024) — Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• Administration — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Alston — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Anderton — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Bouchat — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Grossman — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Harris — primary (person)
• Henson — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Kaiser — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• McCaskill — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Munoz — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Ruth — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Speaker — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Wu — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary 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
• 2024-03-18 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-04 Returned Passed
• 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e3bb696-2432-439c-823e-a89046bba5b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).