HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4707        FILED ON: 12/18/2019

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michelle L. Ciccolo

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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 the application of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights as it pertains to Au Pairs.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

12/18/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

12/19/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

12/19/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

12/20/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/20/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

12/20/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

12/20/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

12/20/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

12/23/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

12/23/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

12/23/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

12/23/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

12/23/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

12/26/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4707        FILED ON: 12/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4567

By Mrs. Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and others relative to the application of the domestic workers bill of rights as it pertains to au pairs.  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 the application of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights as it pertains to Au Pairs.

 

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to delay forthwith the application of certain domestic worker laws as they apply to au pairs, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

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. Subsection (a) of section 190 of chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting before the definition of “Domestic worker” the following definition:-

“Au pair”, a foreign national who has been granted a J-1 visa solely for participation in the federal Department of State-designated exchange visitor program governed by 22 CFR section 62.31.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (l) and (m) of said section 190 shall not apply to an au pair on or before June 30, 2020.

SECTION 3. Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (l) and (m) of said section 190 shall be in effect with relation to an au pair beginning on July 1, 2020.