HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2559        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1658

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John J. Mahoney

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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 relative to increasing wages of private sector human service workers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/17/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/24/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/24/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/25/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/25/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/28/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/28/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/28/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/28/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/29/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/29/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/29/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/29/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/29/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/30/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

1/30/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/31/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/1/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2559        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1658

By Mr. Mahoney of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1658) of John J. Mahoney and others relative to increasing wages of private sector human service workers.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

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 relative to increasing wages of private sector human service workers.

 

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

Chapter 7 Section 22N of the General Laws as appearing in the 2017 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

Effective July 1, 2019, any social service program receiving funds under this process shall first use not less than 75 percent of received funds to increase the hourly rate of all of its employees to not less than twenty dollars per hour and shall report and verify its compliance with this provision to the Secretary of Health and Human Services prior to expending funds for any other purpose.