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H1180 • 2025

An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave

An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave

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Sponsor
Kenneth I. Gordon
Last action
2026-01-15
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave

An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1180) of Kenneth I.
  • Gordon relative to life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave.
  • Financial Services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-15 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4931

  2. 2026-01-15 House

    Reported from the committee on House Rules

  3. 2026-01-15 House

    Reported on a part of H4931

  4. 2026-01-15 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  5. 2025-10-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:30 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave
By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1180) of Kenneth I. Gordon relative to life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1180

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 175M of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting, in line 74, after the words “health insurance benefits” the following words- “and life insurance benefits”

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