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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1593 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1167 |
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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 | | Ryan C. Fattman |
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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 encouraging employer integrity in hiring. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and Hampden 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1593 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1167 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1167) of Ryan C. Fattman for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to the penalty for employers who knowingly falsify employment or |
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| 20 | 20 | | citizenship documents. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1188 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act encouraging employer integrity in hiring. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 19C the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 19D. It shall be unlawful for an employer to knowingly falsify employment or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4citizenship documents of any alien in the commonwealth. Any employer who violates this |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in jail for not |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6more than 30 days, or both. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 If the employer has been previously convicted by a court of the commonwealth or any |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8other jurisdiction of a like offense preceding the date of the commission of the offense for which 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9the employer is convicted, the employer shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10more than $2,500 or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 3 months, or both. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 If the employer has been previously convicted by a court of the commonwealth or any |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12other jurisdiction of a like offense two times preceding the date of the commission of the offense |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13for which the employer is convicted, the employer shall be punished by a fine of not less than |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14$2,500 nor more than $5,000 and by imprisonment in jail for not less than 6 months, or both. |
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