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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2012 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1902
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 independent contractors.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/29/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2012 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1902
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1902) of
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to independent contractors. 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 relative to independent contractors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 148B of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof
3the following new paragraph:-
4 (a) For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 151, an individual performing any service,
5except as authorized under this chapter, shall be considered to be an employee under those
6chapters unless:- (1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the
7performance of the service, both under his contract for the performance of service and in fact;
8and (2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; or, (3)
9the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation,
10profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed.