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H2075 • 2025

An Act requiring OSHA training

An Act requiring OSHA training

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Sponsor
Tackey Chan
Last action
2025-09-04
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4448
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act requiring OSHA training

An Act requiring OSHA training By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act requiring OSHA training By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2075) of Tackey Chan for legislation to require that certain construction industry employers provide occupational safety and health administration training to employees.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

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  • 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. 2025-09-04 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4448

  2. 2025-05-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act requiring OSHA training
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2075) of Tackey Chan for legislation to require that certain construction industry employers provide occupational safety and health administration training to employees. Labor and Workforce Development.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2075

Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 100 the following new sections:-

Section 101. Any employer in the construction industry that contracts with clients or customers in residential, commercial, or public works projects, and whose business is subject to oversight by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, shall have its employees receive no less than 10 hours of Occupational Safety and Health Administration training. Employers that contract independent contractors shall require the independent contractor to provide evidence of completing at least 10 hours of a training course approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Any employer who utilizes employees without the required training shall be fined $2,500 in the first instance, $5,000 in a second instance and $10,000 for each subsequent instance. Should an employee or contractor die as a violation of this section or a death is found in violation the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be fined $25,000; provided that no fines shall be issued until the investigation is completed as to the cause of death. The board shall keep a list of violations of this section and violations publically available from United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the reason for a violation available and ready for access by the public.

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations on this section, including but not limited to, providing a list of available training providers, providing when employees should be trained again after the initial training and a way for consumers and employees to report violations to the board.

Section 102. The board shall promulgate guidelines by which cities and towns may issue permits to employers in the construction industry that violates section 101 or the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and have been investigated and fines and penalties issued against them. This law shall not restrict routine home maintenance performed by homeowners. Projects that are completed for less than or equal to $10,000.00 remain exempt from this law.

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