Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-006-2024

• Reference No.: CB-006-2024
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 11/19/2024
• Introduced Date: 10/22/2024
• Public Hearing Date: 11/19/2024 @ 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 2/4/2025
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the purpose of expanding the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program to County government agencies; providing for regulations and qualifications to the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program for County agencies; establishing the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program Fund; requiring a minimum annual appropriation; ; providing an exception to the hiring preference requirement; requiring reporting requirements; and generally relating to re-entry hiring.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Krystal Oriadha, Wala Blegay, Edward P. Burroughs, Calvin S. Hawkins, Thomas E. Dernoga
• Code sections: 10-334 - , 10-334.01 - , 10-334.02 - , 16-150.01 -
• Contact: Jibril Brown, Legislative Attorney

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/20/2024	2	County Executive	Unsigned
11/19/2024	2	County Council	public hearing held
11/19/2024	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
10/22/2024	2	County Council	introduced
10/17/2024	1	Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee
4/4/2024	1	Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/21/2024	1	Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
2/13/2024	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the purpose of expanding the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program to County government agencies; providing for regulations and qualifications to the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program for County agencies; establishing the Re-Entry Employment Incentive Program Fund; requiring a minimum annual appropriation; ; providing an exception to the hiring preference requirement; requiring reporting requirements; and generally relating to re-entry hiring.

Background

This bill will allow for the creation of the Re-Entry Preferred Hiring Fund that will reserve a portion of County funds to be exclusively utilized for the hiring of individuals with non-violent criminal offense(s). In addition to the creation of the Re-Entry Preferred Hiring Fund, it also mandates the creation of the Re-Entry Preferred Hiring Program that the will be administered by the Director of Human Resources Management. In particular, the legislation is essential and needed for the promotion of the County's commitment to curbing recidivism by offering the County's returning citizens meaning employment with the County. The County Council derives it authority for enacting this bill from section 904 of Article IX of the County Charter.