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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1583 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1196 |
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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 | | Mark C. Montigny |
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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 to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and PlymouthChristopher Hendricks11th Bristol 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1583 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1196 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1196) of Mark C. Montigny and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christopher Hendricks for legislation to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking by |
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| 20 | 20 | | increasing fines and penalties. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “tenement house workrooms,” |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3the following words:- seafood packing or processing facilities, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 56 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5words “any hospital in a nonprofessional capacity,” the following words:- any seafood packing |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6or processing facility, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 3. Said section 56 is hereby amended by striking the following words:- but, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8except in the work of fish processing when necessary in the judgment of the attorney general, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9and then only during the months of June, July, August, September and October, shall not exceed |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10fifty-two 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 4. Section 60 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting after the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12words “or mechanical establishment,” the following words:- , or in any seafood packing or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13processing facility. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 5. Section 62 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting after the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15words "(16) in any job or occupation requiring the possession or use of a firearm," the following |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16words:- (17) or in any seafood packing or processing facility. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 SECTION 6. Section 78 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by striking the figure |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18“$500” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $20,000 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19 SECTION 7. Said section 78 of chapter 149 is hereby amended by striking the figure |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20“$5,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21 SECTION 8. Said section 78 of chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting at the end |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22thereof the following sentence:- The penalty provided for in this section shall be in addition to |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23and may be imposed concurrently with any other remedy or penalty provided for in this chapter. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24 SECTION 9. Section 78A of said chapter 149 is hereby amended in subsection (a) by |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25striking the figures “$250,” “$500,” and “$2,500,” respectively, and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26following figures:- “$20,000,” “$50,000,” and “$100,000,”. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27 SECTION 10. Said section 78A of chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting at the end |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28thereof the following subsection:- (e) The penalty provided for in this section shall be in addition |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29to and may be imposed concurrently with any other remedy or penalty provided for in this |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30chapter. 3 of 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31 SECTION 11. Section 79 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by striking the words |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32“twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33months, or both” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- $20,000 nor more than |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34$100,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both |
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