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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 840 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3417 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Priscila S. Sousa and Judith A. Garcia |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex1/13/2025Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/13/2025Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/22/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester2/27/2025Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex3/7/2025Joan B. LovelySecond Essex3/7/2025Robyn K. KennedyFirst Worcester3/7/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 840 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3417 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 3417) of Priscila S. Sousa, Judith A. Garcia and others for the annual issuance of |
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| 20 | 20 | | a proclamation by the Governor setting apart the sixteenth day of June as domestic workers’ |
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| 21 | 21 | | rights day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 215TTTTT, the following section:— |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 15UUUUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4sixteenth day of June as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day, recommending its observance by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5public to honor all domestic workers who work in private homes and in recognition of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6Massachusetts’ historic enactment of basic labor standards in the Domestic Workers’ Bill of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7Rights and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people. |
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