H1209 • 2025

An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform

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Sponsor: Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Rules
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform

An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1209) of Bradley H.
Jones, Jr., and others for an investigation and study by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study unemployment insurance reform.
Financial Services.

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Bill History

2026-01-28 House
Discharged to the committee on House Rules
2026-01-15 House
Accompanied a study order, see H4931
2026-01-15 House
Reported from the committee on House Rules
2026-01-15 House
Reported on a part of H4931
2026-01-15 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committees on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-10-27 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:30 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Financial Services
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1209) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for an investigation and study by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study unemployment insurance reform. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Rules

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Bill H.1209

SECTION 1. There shall be a special commission to: (i) evaluate the Commonwealth’s current unemployment policies and assess their effect on the health and growth of Massachusetts small businesses, and (ii) make recommendations to improve the existing unemployment insurance procedures in regard to fostering economic growth and incentivizing employers to hire additional workers. The commission shall file its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives not later than December 31, 2027.

The commission shall consist of 1 member who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 1 member who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; 1 member who shall be appointed by the senate president; 1 member who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; the secretary of labor and workforce development or a designee; the secretary of economic development or a designee; the chair of the joint committee on community development and small business; the chair of the joint committee on labor and workforce development; the chair of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies; and 1 member to be appointed by each of the following organizations: Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, the Massachusetts chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and the Massachusetts State Labor Council.

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