MA H2044

Bill

To ensure paid family and medical leave benefits for municipal employees

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to paid family and medical leave benefits for municipal employees. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill aims to ensure that municipal employees in Massachusetts have access to paid family and medical leave benefits. The key provisions of the bill are: 1) It amends the definition of "employer" in the state's existing paid family and medical leave law to explicitly include municipalities, districts, political subdivisions, and their instrumentalities, ensuring that these entities are subject to the law's requirements. 2) It removes Section 10 of the existing paid family and medical leave law, which previously exempted municipalities from having to provide these benefits to their employees. This change will require municipalities to provide paid family and medical leave to their workers. The goal of the bill is to expand access to paid leave benefits for a broader group of public sector employees in Massachusetts.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (30)

Dave Rogers (D)*, Dan Cahill (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Mike Day (D), Marcos Devers (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Sean Garballey (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Vanna Howard (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Adrian Madaro (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Susan Moran (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Jim O'Day (D), Marc Pacheco (D), Maria Robinson (D), John Rogers (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Jon Santiago (D), Dan Sena (D), Walter Timilty (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D), Steve Xiarhos (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5023 (on 09/06/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2044

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2044
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2044.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2043	Relative to a state minimum wage for municipal employees	Accompanied S1159	Similar To
H2948	Relative to the tax exemption status of municipal employee pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H5023	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1159	Relative to a state minimum wage for municipal employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1160	To ensure paid family and medical leave benefits for municipal employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1172	Relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2697	Similar To

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MA H2044

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