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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3850 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2107
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Daniel M. Donahue
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 raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/17/2025Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester1/17/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/11/2025Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/28/2025Manny Cruz7th Essex2/4/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/10/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/31/2025 1 of 4
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3850 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2107
18	18	By Representatives Gentile of Sudbury and Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by
19	19	bill, House, No. 2107) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Daniel M. Donahue and others relative to
20	20	raising the minimum wage. Labor and 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)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth.
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 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the word “It”, in line 1, and inserting in place
31	31	3thereof the following words:- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27C of chapter 29 or any
32	32	4other general or special law to the contrary, it.
33	33	5 SECTION 2. section 1 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
34	34	6inserting before the word “employer”, in line 2, the following words:- public or private.
35	35	7 SECTION 3. Section 1 of chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out
36	36	8the figure “$15.00” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $16.25.
37	37	9 SECTION 4. Section 1 of chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
38	38	10striking out the figure “$16.25”, inserted by section 2, and inserting in place thereof the
39	39	11following figure:- $17.50. 2 of 4
40	40	12 SECTION 5. Section 1 of chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
41	41	13striking out the figure “$17.50”, inserted by section 4, and inserting in place thereof the
42	42	14following figure:- $18.75.
43	43	15 SECTION 6. Section 1 of chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
44	44	16striking out the figure “$18.75”, inserted by section 5, and inserting in place thereof the
45	45	17following figure:- $20.00.
46	46	18 SECTION 7. Chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking section
47	47	191 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
48	48	20 Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27C of chapter 29 or any other
49	49	21general or special law to the contrary, it is hereby declared to be against public policy for any
50	50	22public or private employer to employ any person in an occupation in this commonwealth at an
51	51	23oppressive and unreasonable wage as defined in section 2, and any contract, agreement or
52	52	24understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be null and void. Annually on
53	53	25September 30 the executive office of labor and workforce development shall calculate an
54	54	26adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current
55	55	27year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation. The adjusted minimum wage rate shall be
56	56	28calculated to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical
57	57	29workers or a successor index, for the 12 months prior to each September 1st as calculated by the
58	58	30United States department of labor. Each adjusted minimum wage rate calculated under this
59	59	31section shall take effect on the following January 1. 3 of 4
60	60	32 SECTION 8. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is
61	61	33hereby amended by striking out, in line 33, the figure “$6.75” and inserting in place thereof the
62	62	34following figure:- $7.92.
63	63	35 SECTION 9. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
64	64	36striking out the figure “$7.92”, inserted by section 8, and inserting in place thereof the following
65	65	37figure:- $9.19.
66	66	38 SECTION 10. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended
67	67	39by striking out the figure “$9.19”, inserted by section 9, and inserting in place thereof the
68	68	40following figure:- $10.55.
69	69	41 SECTION 11. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended
70	70	42by striking out the figure “$10.55”, inserted by section 10, and inserting in place thereof the
71	71	43following figure:- $12.00.
72	72	44 SECTION 12. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended
73	73	45by striking the figure “$12.00”, inserted by section 11, and inserting in place thereof the
74	74	46following words:- “60 per cent of the minimum wage as determined by the executive office of
75	75	47labor and workforce development pursuant to section 1 of this chapter”.
76	76	48 SECTION 13. Section 3 and section 8 shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
77	77	49 SECTION 14. Section 4 and section 9 shall take effect on January 1, 2027.
78	78	50 SECTION 15. Section 5 and section 10 shall take effect on January 1, 2028.
79	79	51 SECTION 16. Section 6 and section 11 shall take effect on January 1, 2029. 4 of 4
80	80	52 SECTION 17. Section 7 and section 12 shall take effect on January 1, 2030.
81	81	53 SECTION 18. On September 30, 2029 the executive office of labor and workforce
82	82	54development shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing
83	83	55power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation. The adjusted
84	84	56minimum wage rate shall be calculated to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for
85	85	57urban wage earners and clerical workers or a successor index, for the 12 months prior to
86	86	58September 1, 2029 as calculated by the United States department of labor. The adjusted
87	87	59minimum wage rate calculated under this section shall take effect on January 1, 2030.