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H2121 • 2025

An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Sponsor
Ryan M. Hamilton
Last action
2026-01-20
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4974
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts By Representative Hamilton of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts By Representative Hamilton of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2121) of Ryan M.
  • Hamilton relative to providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-20 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4974

  2. 2025-11-26 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-09-08 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  4. 2025-05-22 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By Representative Hamilton of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2121) of Ryan M. Hamilton relative to providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce. Labor and Workforce Development.

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Bill H.2121

Section 26 of Chapter 149 is hereby amended by adding at the end:

For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.

Six months after the passage of this act, 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

Section 6 of Chapter 149 A shall be amended by adding a new section:

(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade,

receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.

Six months after the passage of this act 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

Chapter 30 Section 39m is hereby amended by adding a new section:

(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board.

Six months after the passage of this act, 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after the passage of this act, 10% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

Two years after the passage of this act, 15% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

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