MA S1078

Bill

Providing for the protection of emergency responders from dismissal

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
04/30/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to prohibit disciplinary actions by employers on employees serving as volunteer emergency responders. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 149 of the Massachusetts General Laws to prohibit employers from taking disciplinary actions against employees who serve as volunteer emergency responders. The bill expands the existing law, which currently covers only volunteer members of fire and ambulance departments, to also include emergency responders. Additionally, the bill clarifies that the law applies to employees who work at emergency shelters. The key provisions of the bill are to protect emergency responders from job-related consequences due to their volunteer emergency service activities.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (4)

Anne Gobi (D), Mike Moore (D), Dave Robertson (D), Susannah Whipps (I),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (on 04/30/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1078

(20 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1078
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1078.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3084	Establishing an emergency responder yellow dot program	Accompanied H3060	Similar To
H332	Providing security to consumers for purchases from certain vendors	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H3695	Relative to social media privacy protection	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3974	Making technical corrective changes to the cape cod and islands water protection fund tax assessments	Accompanied a new draft, see H4073	Similar To
H3983	To create a 2050 roadmap to a clean and thriving commonwealth	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H849	Resolve to protect and preserve family camping in Massachusetts	Accompanied S449	Similar To
S1340	Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S1936	Promoting net neutrality and consumer protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2552	Similar To
S2294	To end child marriage in Massachusetts	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S2313	Updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2338	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]	Similar To
S2341	To update the Massachusetts rideshare program	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2349	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S2388	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2397	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Reprinted as amended, see S2409	Similar To
S2409	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S495	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Accompanied a new draft, see S2388	Similar To
S520	Relative to recycling	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S893	To provide landowners title protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S968	To protect the privacy of 911 callers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H3084

Establishing an emergency responder yellow dot program

Accompanied H3060

Similar To

H332

Providing security to consumers for purchases from certain vendors

Accompanied a study order, see H5043

Similar To

H3695

Relative to social media privacy protection

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

Similar To

H3974

Making technical corrective changes to the cape cod and islands water protection fund tax assessments

Accompanied a new draft, see H4073

Similar To

H3983

To create a 2050 roadmap to a clean and thriving commonwealth

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

Similar To

H849

Resolve to protect and preserve family camping in Massachusetts

Accompanied S449

Similar To

S1340

Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers

Accompanied a study order, see S2547

Similar To

S1936

Promoting net neutrality and consumer protection

Accompanied a study order, see S2552

Similar To

S2294

To end child marriage in Massachusetts

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S2313

Updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2338

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]

Similar To

S2341

To update the Massachusetts rideshare program

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2349

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S2388

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S2397

Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

Reprinted as amended, see S2409

Similar To

S2409

Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S495

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling

Accompanied a new draft, see S2388

Similar To

S520

Relative to recycling

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S893

To provide landowners title protection

Accompanied a study order, see S2496

Similar To

S968

To protect the privacy of 911 callers

Accompanied a study order, see S2496

Similar To

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