Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2584 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3853 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2584
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Michael S. Day, (BY REQUEST)
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 to improve public safety and security.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Vincent Lawrence Dixon60 Lake Street Unit N, Winchester, MA
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17	17	1/17/2025 1 of 2
18	18	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3853 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
19	19	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2584
20	20	By Representative Day of Stoneham (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
21	21	2584) of Vincent Lawrence Dixon relative to the establishment of a state immigration processing
22	22	and waiver office to improve public safety and security. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
23	23	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
24	24	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2304 OF 2023-2024.]
25	25	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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27	27	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
28	28	(2025-2026)
29	29	_______________
30	30	An Act to improve public safety and security.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION I. The Massachusetts General Laws are hereby amended by inserting the
34	34	2following new chapter:
35	35	3 State Immigration Processing & Waiver Act
36	36	4 An Act to Improve Public Safety and Security
37	37	5 SECTION II. – PURPOSE
38	38	6 The complex variety of problems relating to immigration, processing of new immigrants,
39	39	7and various clearances relating to residence, employment, and a variety of legal issues, has
40	40	8grown in recent years. – Federal Policy of The United States Government, has become 2 of 2
41	41	9increasingly confusing, and frustrating to state policy, employers, and local communities, further
42	42	10confusing, and complicating state, and local community services, and communities.
43	43	11 Thus, this legislation authorizes exploration by the Executive Office of Public Safety and
44	44	12Security (EOPSS), of establishing a:
45	45	13 Commonwealth of Massachusetts – State Immigration Processing & Waiver Office
46	46	14 SECTION III. – PURPOSES OF STATE IMMIGRATION PROCESSING & WAIVER
47	47	15OFFICE
48	48	16 A Pilot Program, is authorized to be established by the EOPSS, to develop a database of
49	49	17legal visitors, and residents; and to explore relevant Status Guidelines for all non-citizen entrants
50	50	18to The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
51	51	19 This Pilot Program, shall explore the creation of Employer Sponsorship Agreements
52	52	20(ESAs), by which Massachusetts based employers, needing appropriately credentialed, or
53	53	21standard capable employees, may offer such positions, through the State Immigration Processing
54	54	22Services (SIPS).
55	55	23 As this Pilot Program, develops, it shall explore, with Federal authorities, how
56	56	24Commonwealth of Massachusetts Law Enforcement, might assume state jurisdiction of
57	57	25immigrant screening; of some number of employable non-citizen individuals; with possible
58	58	26Federal reimbursement.
59	59	27 In setting forth these standards, it is hoped that a pathway, for stabilization of immigrant
60	60	28lives, and families, and our state economy, might be accomplished for some number of
61	61	29individuals in Massachusetts.