HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3449        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2793

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael J. Moran

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

1/16/2015

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

12/4/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

12/4/2019

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

12/4/2019

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

12/4/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

12/4/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

12/4/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

12/4/2019

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

12/4/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

12/4/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

12/4/2019

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

12/4/2019

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

12/4/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

12/4/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

12/4/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

12/4/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

12/4/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

12/4/2019

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

12/4/2019

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

12/4/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

2/2/2015

Anthony W. Petruccelli

First Suffolk and Middlesex

12/4/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/4/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

12/4/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

12/4/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

12/4/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

12/4/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

12/4/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3449        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2793

By Mr. Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2793) of Michael J. Moran and others for legislation to designate June sixteenth as domestic workers’ rights day.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4559 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15TTTTT, the following section:—

Section 15UUUUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the sixteenth day of June as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day, recommending its observance by the public to honor all domestic workers who work in private homes and in recognition of Massachusetts’ historic enactment of basic labor standards in the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.