HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 708        FILED ON: 1/11/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2152

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tram T. Nguyen

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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 extending parental leave.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/11/2025

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

7/22/2025

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

6/5/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 708        FILED ON: 1/11/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2152

By Representative Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2152) of Tram T. Nguyen relative to parental leave under the family and medical leave program.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act extending parental leave.

 

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

Section 2 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “year”, in line 28, the following words:- ; and provided further, that a covered individual taking family leave pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) whose child required care in a neonatal intensive care unit shall not be eligible in a benefit year for more than 16 weeks of family leave.