HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3497 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1369
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F. D. Cabral
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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 limiting the use of prison labor.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 1/10/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 1/23/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/23/2019 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 1/31/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3497 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1369
By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1369) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to the use of prison labor outside of the Commonwealth. The Judiciary. |
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 limiting the use of prison labor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 125 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 22. No administrator or superintendent of any correctional institution, including any correctional facility, county correctional facility, penal institution, state correctional facility, state prison, or jail, shall transfer any inmate or prisoner outside of the commonwealth; and no inmate or prisoner of any correctional institution, including any correctional facility, county correctional facility, penal institution, state correctional facility, state prison, or jail, shall be transferred outside of the commonwealth, for the purpose of engaging in labor outside of the commonwealth.