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type: "Bill"
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title: "Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act"
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description: "Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 597"
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citation: "Maryland HB 597 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e3bb696-2432-439c-823e-a89046bba5b1"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0597?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "6cbb493e1a8c93c22c4c4958cd9525cbe74e94e6ce08ee00b49e58b60fb4182e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 597 (2024) — Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_709_hb0597t.pdf)
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2. **First - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0597f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0597t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- A. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Administration — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Amprey — primary (person)
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- Anderton — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Boafo — primary (person)
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- Bouchat — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Fennell — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Forbes — primary (person)
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- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
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- Griffith — primary (person)
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- Grossman — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hornberger — primary (person)
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Love — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Mireku-North — primary (person)
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- Munoz — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pruski — primary (person)
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- Qi — primary (person)
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- Roberson — primary (person)
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Speaker — primary (person)
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- Spiegel — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Tomlinson — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Wu — primary (person)
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- Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
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- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
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- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e3bb696-2432-439c-823e-a89046bba5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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