HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3182 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1923
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lenny Mirra
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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 study a revenue neutral guaranteed jobs program.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Lenny Mirra | 2nd Essex | 1/20/2023 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/26/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3182 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1923
By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1923) of Lenny Mirra and Steven S. Howitt for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to determine ways to best connect unemployed workers with job openings. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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 to study a revenue neutral guaranteed jobs program.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby established a commission to study how the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Unemployment Assistance may best connect unemployed workers in the Commonwealth with job openings. The commission must ensure that such means of connecting unemployed workers do not result in increased expenditures above what is already appropriated to the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Unemployment Assistance.
Section 2. The commission shall consist of 10 members: the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, or their respective designees; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development, one member of the committee to be appointed by the senate minority leader, and one member of the committee to be appointed by the house minority leader; the The Secretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, or a designee; the president of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO chapter, or a designee; and one member to be appointed by the governor.
The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any recommendations and drafted legislation and regulations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on labor and workforce development, and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate within 12 months of the passage of this act.