MA S58

Bill

Relative to economic mobility for families with low-income

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to economic mobility for families with low-income. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

AI Summary

This bill requires several state executive offices to conduct impact studies and create reports related to economic mobility programs for low-income families. The key provisions include: 1) An impact study on the effects of minimum wage increases on low-income households, including recommendations to adjust assistance programs to prevent "cliff effects" where families lose benefits due to modest income increases. 2) An examination of economic mobility programs, including evaluating their outcomes and recommending ways to increase enrollment of eligible non-participants. 3) An annual report on housing instability and homelessness, including data on the services received by homeless households and the outcomes of the HomeBASE program. 4) The establishment of a telephone hotline and online benefits calculator to help the public understand and access available assistance programs, along with training for state staff on using the calculator. The overall goal of the bill is to improve economic mobility and financial stability for low-income families in Massachusetts.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (13)

Sonia Chang-Díaz (D), Jo Comerford (D), Mike Connolly (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Cindy Friedman (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), Jason Lewis (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Steve Ultrino (D), James Welch (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2726 (on 06/01/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S58

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S58
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S58.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1261	Relative to low-income housing eligibility for disabled veterans	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1306	To further protect low-income tenants following termination of affordability restrictions	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1654	Creating a special legislative commission to study barriers to job retention for low-income workers	Accompanied a new draft, see H4461	Similar To
H173	Relative to economic mobility for families with low-income	Accompanied a new draft, see H4498	Similar To
H2498	Relative to improving the efficiency of the state low income housing tax credit	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H2532	Creating a local option property tax cap for low-income seniors	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H3164	Ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people	Accompanied a study order, see H4772	Similar To
H423	Establishing a gateway low income student trust fund	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S1045	To ensure minimum wage and paid family medical leave benefits for municipal employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2936	Similar To
S1058	Relative to compliance with the fair minimum wage	Accompanied a study order, see S2548	Similar To
S1366	Establishing a minimum wage for incarcerated workers	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S1614	Improving the earned income credit for working families	Accompanied H2434	Similar To
S2726	Relative to economic mobility for families with low-income	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Replaced by

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