Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2093 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2970 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2093
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Carol A. Doherty
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/16/2025Dennis C. Gallagher8th Plymouth2/3/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/3/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/3/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/3/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/3/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/3/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/3/2025Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/3/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/3/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/7/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/11/2025 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2970 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2093
18	18	By Representative Doherty of Taunton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2093) of
19	19	Carol A. Doherty and others relative to allowing legislative employees to unionize. Labor and
20	20	Workforce Development.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
24	24	(2025-2026)
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26	26	An Act relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “executive”, in line 10, the
31	31	3following:-, “legislative”.
32	32	4 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
33	33	5inserting after the definition of “Legislative body” the following definitions:-
34	34	6 “Legislative employees”, all employees of the general court, including, but not limited to,
35	35	7legislative personal employees, employees of committees, caucuses, legislative information
36	36	8services, the house and senate business offices, the engrossing division, the house and senate
37	37	9clerk’s offices, the house and senate counsel’s offices and the house and senate human resource
38	38	10offices. 2 of 3
39	39	11 “Legislative personal employees”, general court employees whom the house speaker or
40	40	12senate president has approved for employment in the office of a particular senator or
41	41	13representative at the request of said senator or representative.
42	42	14 SECTION 3. Section 3 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
43	43	15inserting after the third paragraph the following 2 paragraphs:-
44	44	16 Appropriate bargaining units in the senate may include all legislative employees;
45	45	17provided however, that: (1) in the case of legislative personal employees, legislative employees
46	46	18within the senate president’s office, the senate minority leader’s office, the office of the chair of
47	47	19the senate ways and means committee, the senate clerk’s office, or senate counsel’s office may
48	48	20be managerial or confidential employees that are excluded from the bargaining unit if said
49	49	21employees are managerial or confidential employees as defined in section 1; and (2) in the case
50	50	22of all other legislative employees, said employees may be excluded from a bargaining unit if said
51	51	23employees are managerial or confidential employees as defined in section 1.
52	52	24 Appropriate bargaining units in the house may include all legislative employees;
53	53	25provided however, that: (1) in the case of legislative personal employees, legislative employees
54	54	26within the house speaker’s office, the house minority leader’s office, the office of the chair of the
55	55	27house ways and means committee, the house clerk’s office, or house counsel’s office may be
56	56	28managerial or confidential employees that are excluded from the bargaining unit if said
57	57	29employees are managerial or confidential employees as defined in section 1; and (2) in the case
58	58	30of all other legislative employees, said employees may be excluded from a bargaining unit if said
59	59	31employees are managerial or confidential employees as defined in section 1. 3 of 3
60	60	32 SECTION 4. Section 23 of chapter 268A of the General Laws is hereby amended by
61	61	33striking out the words “; and (iv) establishing additional exclusions for other situations that do
62	62	34not present a genuine risk of a conflict or the appearance of a conflict of interest” and inserting in
63	63	35place thereof the following words:-
64	64	36 ; (iv) establishing additional exclusions for other situations that do not present a genuine
65	65	37risk of a conflict or the appearance of a conflict of interest; and (v) establishing specific
66	66	38exemptions, exclusions and procedures for curing particular perceptions of a conflict of interest
67	67	39as they may apply to exclusive representatives under Chapter 150E.