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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 424 FILED ON: 1/14/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1226
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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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 unemployment insurance.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 424 FILED ON: 1/14/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1226
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1226) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation
relative to unemployment insurance. Labor and Workforce Development.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1061 OF 2019-2020.]
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 unemployment insurance.
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 24 of Chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016
2Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking out in lines 3 and 4 the words
3“Have been paid wages in the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit
4rate” and inserting in place thereof the following:-
5 "Have been paid wages in at least two quarters of the base period amounting to at least
6thirty times the weekly benefit rate".