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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	SB 470	Maryland SB 470 (2024)	bill		enacted	Administration Augustine Beidle Brooks Carozza Charles Elfreth Ferguson Folden Gile Hester Hettleman James Lam M. Washington McKay Muse President Rosapepe Salling Smith Waldstreicher West	3	15	2	2024-01-22	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/7f9552ca-2057-44e5-9125-fd3a146de3a2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0470?ys=2024RS&search=True	fa39d24edab5ba53e60174f3f01940dd4a536ffe7092687a58298420acd39953	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 470 (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 — 137–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Administration — primary (person)
• Augustine — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Charles — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Folden — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• James — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• M. Washington — primary (person)
• McKay — primary (person)
• Muse — primary (person)
• President — primary (person)
• Rosapepe — primary (person)
• Salling — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-02-06 Hearing canceled
• 2024-02-06 Hearing 2/09 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings 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 Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-29 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-04-02 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f9552ca-2057-44e5-9125-fd3a146de3a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).