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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker

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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 to lift the cap on kids.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/14/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/18/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/23/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/23/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/22/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/23/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/18/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/22/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/18/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/18/2019

Mayor Martin J. Walsh

1 City Hall Plaza Boston MA 02201-2013

1/18/2019

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/18/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/18/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/18/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/22/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/22/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/22/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/22/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/23/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/23/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/23/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/23/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/23/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/23/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/24/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/1/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/28/2019

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/25/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

1/30/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/1/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/23/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/29/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/24/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/24/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/24/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/29/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/31/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/24/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/29/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/31/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/24/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/24/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/24/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/29/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/25/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/29/2019

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

1/24/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/26/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

1/30/2019

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

1/30/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/28/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/24/2019

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

1/24/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/25/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/27/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/29/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/25/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/31/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/25/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/28/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/24/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

2/1/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

1/28/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

1/31/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/24/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/30/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3043        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to lift the cap on kids.

 

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. The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, aid shall be provided for each such child or children without regard to whether the child was conceived or born after the parent began receiving aid under this chapter.

SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Child of record”.

SECTION 3. Said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (c).

SECTION 4. Clause (3) of subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, as amended by section 25 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “of record under the age of two years or any child other than the child of record who is under the age of three months” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- under the age of 2 years.

SECTION 5. The first paragraph of subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, as most recently amended by section 27 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The program shall require that the head of household in each such family, or both parents in a 2-parent family, shall participate in work-related activities for: (i) 20 hours each week if the youngest child in the family is between the age of 2 and the age at which full-time schooling becomes mandatory; or (ii) 30 hours each week if the youngest child in the family has reached the age at which full-time schooling is mandatory.

SECTION 6. Said subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, is hereby further amended by striking out the last paragraph, as appearing in section 528 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2003.

SECTION 7. Section 130 of said chapter 5 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words “; the ineligibility of children born after the child of record for assistance”.

SECTION 8. Sections 1 through 7, inclusive, shall take effect on January 1, 2019.