HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4280

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 23, 2025.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 423) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to increasing language offerings for asbestos removal licensure exams, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4280) ought to pass.

For the committee,

TACKEY CHAN.

        FILED ON: 7/7/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4280

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 relative to increasing language offerings for licensure exams.

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 87V of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- The board shall offer all practical and written examinations in the following languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Haitian Creole.

SECTION 2. Section 65 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

The division of occupational licensure shall make both written and practical examinations available in the languages of English and Spanish to operator of hoisting machinery applicants if the criteria for licensure established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure pursuant to section fifty-three are met by the applicant.

SECTION 3. Section 6B of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

The commissioner shall offer the application and examination for a license issued or renewed pursuant to this section in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and may offer the application and examination in any other language.