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MassachusettsH 4974194th General Court (2025-2026)House

An Act Preparing Apprentices through Training, Hiring, and Skills in Massachusetts

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Second Reading

Labor and Workforce DevelopmentHouse Ways and MeansHouse Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

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Bill Overview

No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Adam J. Scanlon

    Democratic • House

  • Amy Mah Sangiolo

    Democratic • House

  • Christopher J. Worrell

    Democratic • House

  • Danillo A. Sena

    Democratic • House

  • David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

    Democratic • House

  • Estela A. Reyes

    Democratic • House

  • James B. Eldridge

    Democratic • Senate

  • James C. Arena-DeRosa

    Democratic • House

  • James K. Hawkins

    Democratic • House

  • Jeffrey Rosario Turco

    Democratic • House

  • Joseph W. McGonagle Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Judith A. Garcia

    Democratic • House

  • Kenneth I. Gordon

    Democratic • House

  • Kip A. Diggs

    Democratic • House

  • Kristin E. Kassner

    Democratic • House

  • Lindsay N. Sabadosa

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Field

    Democratic • House

  • Marjorie C. Decker

    Democratic • House

  • Michelle M. DuBois

    Democratic • House

  • Natalie M. Blais

    Democratic • House

  • Natalie M. Higgins

    Democratic • House

  • Patricia A. Duffy

    Democratic • House

  • Patrick Joseph Kearney

    Democratic • House

  • Paul McMurtry

    Democratic • House

  • Richard G. Wells Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Rita A. Mendes

    Democratic • House

  • Rodney M. Elliott

    Democratic • House

  • Samantha Montaño

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Owens

    Democratic • House

  • Tara T. Hong

    Democratic • House

  • Thomas M. Stanley

    Democratic • House

  • Thomas W. Moakley

    Democratic • House

  • Vanna Howard

    Democratic • House

  • William F. MacGregor

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 30 • No: 0

committee vote • 1/27/2026

Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.4974 “An Act Preparing Apprentices through Training, Hiring, and Skills in Massachusetts” as amended

Yes: 20 • No: 0 • Other: 7

committee vote • 1/21/2026

Committee Redraft: Favorable?

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. New draft substituted, see H4994

    1/28/2026House

  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

    1/28/2026House

  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending

    1/27/2026House

  4. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

    1/27/2026House

  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H4994

    1/27/2026House

  6. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

    1/20/2026House

  7. New draft of H2085, H2121, H2126 and H3375

    1/20/2026House

  8. Reported from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

    1/20/2026House

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