HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 149        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1012

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

William C. Galvin

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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 exempting visiting trainees from certain employment requirements.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

1/10/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/7/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 149        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1012

By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1012) of William C. Galvin and Carol A. Doherty relative to unemployment insurance and family medical leave benefits for certain visiting trainees.  Financial Services.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1088 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act exempting visiting trainees from certain employment requirements.

 

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.  Section 6 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(y) service performed by a nonresident alien for the period the nonresident alien is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F ), (J ), (M ) or (Q ) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified as 8 U.S.C. section 1101, and which is performed to carry out the purpose specified in said subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q), as the case may be .

SECTION 2. The definition of “Covered individual” in section 1 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- A nonresident alien shall not be a “covered individual” for the period the nonresident alien is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified as 8 U.S.C. section 1101, for service performed to carry out the purpose specified in said subparagraph (F), (J), (M) or (Q), as the case may be.