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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1371 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2664
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John J. Mahoney
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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 establishing a board of hoisting machinery regulations.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:John J. Mahoney13th Worcester1/14/2025Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester2/20/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/20/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/6/2025Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk2/6/2025John H. Rogers12th Norfolk2/6/2025Alan Silvia7th Bristol2/6/2025Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/10/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/12/2025James Arciero2nd Middlesex2/24/2025Thomas P. Walsh12th Essex2/27/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex3/4/2025Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol3/10/2025Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk3/10/2025Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex3/10/2025Bud L. Williams11th Hampden3/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1371 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2664
By Representative Mahoney of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2664) of
John J. Mahoney and others relative to establishing a board of hoisting machinery regulations.
Public Safety and Homeland Security.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act establishing a board of hoisting machinery regulations.
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. Chapter 146 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
253A, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following
3section:-
4 Section 53A. There shall be in the department a board to be known as the board of
5hoisting machinery regulations, which shall consist of six members to be appointed by the
6governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for terms of four years each. One such
7member shall be the chief inspector in said department, who shall serve as chair and act as a
8nonvoting member of said board, except in the case of a tie vote, one shall be a an employee of a
9public utility who is actively engaged in hoisting machinery operations in the Commonwealth,
10one shall be a member from a private construction contractor who is actively engaged in hoisting
11machinery operations in the Commonwealth, one shall be a safety trainer who is authorized by
12the department to do continuing education classes for hoisting licenses in Massachusetts, one 2 of 2
13shall be an expert in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration who is actively involved
14in hoisting machinery related operations, and one shall be from the International Union of
15Operating engineers Local with jurisdictions in Massachusetts who has been actively engaged in
16hoisting machinery related operations in the commonwealth for not less than five years
17immediately preceding appointment.
18 Said board shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, embodying
19the classifications of hoisting machinery and establishing criteria and procedures for the
20issuance, denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of licenses of apprentice operators of such
21machinery. However, a final adjudication that there has been a violation of federal or state
22occupational safety and health regulations, or any rule or regulation adopted by the department,
23shall be cause for the denial, revocation or suspension of any license issued under this section.
24Criteria for issuance of such licenses shall include, but not be limited to, training and experience
25requirements appropriate to the categories of machinery for which the license is intended, and
26registration with the apprenticeship council within the department of labor standards. A holder of
27such apprentice license may operate hoisting machinery only under the guidance and supervision
28of a holder of a license to operate for the category of hoisting machinery to be operated by the
29apprentice.
30 A majority of said board, constituted as above provided, may transact business, but a
31lesser number may adjourn from time to time.
32 The board may, subject to appropriation and with the approval of the commissioner,
33employ an executive secretary who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one
34and may employ such clerical, technical and other assistants as may be required by said board.