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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3182 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1923 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Lenny Mirra |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to study a revenue neutral guaranteed jobs program. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lenny Mirra2nd Essex1/20/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/26/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3182 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1923 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1923) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Lenny Mirra and Steven S. Howitt for legislation to establish a special commission (including |
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| 20 | 20 | | members of the General Court) to determine ways to best connect unemployed workers with job |
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| 21 | 21 | | openings. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to study a revenue neutral guaranteed jobs program. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2established a commission to study how the Department of Transitional Assistance and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Department of Unemployment Assistance may best connect unemployed workers in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4Commonwealth with job openings. The commission must ensure that such means of connecting |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5unemployed workers do not result in increased expenditures above what is already appropriated |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6to the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Unemployment Assistance. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 Section 2. The commission shall consist of 10 members: the chairs of the house and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8senate committees on ways and means, or their respective designees; the house and senate chairs |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9of the joint committee on labor and workforce development, one member of the committee to be |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10appointed by the senate minority leader, and one member of the committee to be appointed by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11the house minority leader; the The Secretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12Development, or a designee; the president of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, or a 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13designee; the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO chapter, or a designee; and one member |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14to be appointed by the governor. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any recommendations |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16and drafted legislation and regulations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17the joint committee on labor and workforce development, and the clerks of the house of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18representatives and senate within 12 months of the passage of this act. |
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