MA S1226

Bill

For a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET)

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation for a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET). Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill creates a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET) within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD). The program is designed to provide employable individuals who have recently lost their jobs with up to two years of targeted training, matched with available positions in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. The goal is to help these individuals improve their economic situations and benefit the Commonwealth as a whole, through innovative and non-discriminatory coordination of resources, including consultation with human resource professionals.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Jason Lewis (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2691 (on 02/14/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1226

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1226
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1226.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1186	To establish the Massachusetts works progress administration	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1196	Relative to transparency in the workplace	Accompanied a new draft, see S2721	Similar To
S1234	Relative to the documentation of contracted workers	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1466	Supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism	Accompanied a new draft, see S2615	Similar To
S1490	Relative to smoking cessation agents	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Similar To
S2615	Supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2691	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Labor and Workforce Development to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to employee benefits and rights and employer obligations	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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