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H2083 • 2025

An Act relative to the small necessities leave act

An Act relative to the small necessities leave act

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Mark J. Cusack
Last action
2025-12-22
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the small necessities leave act

An Act relative to the small necessities leave act By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the small necessities leave act By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2083) of Mark J.
  • Cusack relative to family and medical leave.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

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. 2025-12-22 House

    Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  2. 2025-10-14 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  3. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the small necessities leave act
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2083) of Mark J. Cusack relative to family and medical leave. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2083

Section 52D of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the words "by blood or marriage to the employee, including a" and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

"by blood, marriage, or adoption to the employee, including a parent or an adoptive."

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