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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3182 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1923
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 Mirra2nd Essex1/20/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/26/2023 1 of 2
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:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby
2established a commission to study how the Department of Transitional Assistance and the
3Department of Unemployment Assistance may best connect unemployed workers in the
4Commonwealth with job openings. The commission must ensure that such means of connecting
5unemployed workers do not result in increased expenditures above what is already appropriated
6to the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Unemployment Assistance.
7 Section 2. The commission shall consist of 10 members: the chairs of the house and
8senate committees on ways and means, or their respective designees; the house and senate chairs
9of the joint committee on labor and workforce development, one member of the committee to be
10appointed by the senate minority leader, and one member of the committee to be appointed by
11the house minority leader; the The Secretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce
12Development, or a designee; the president of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, or a 2 of 2
13designee; the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO chapter, or a designee; and one member
14to be appointed by the governor.
15 The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any recommendations
16and drafted legislation and regulations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means,
17the joint committee on labor and workforce development, and the clerks of the house of
18representatives and senate within 12 months of the passage of this act.