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H2109 • 2025

An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker

An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker

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Sponsor
Kenneth I. Gordon
Last action
2025-12-22
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker

An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2109) of Kenneth I.
  • Gordon relative to the definitions of covered business entities and covered contract workers under paid family medical leave.
  • 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. 2025-12-22 House

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

  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 amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker
By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2109) of Kenneth I. Gordon relative to the definitions of covered business entities and covered contract workers under paid family medical leave. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2109

Section 1 of chapter 175M of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Covered business entity” as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, in lines 24 through 27, and inserting in place thereof the following: -

“Covered business entity”, a business or trade whose workforce is comprised of 50 per cent or more individuals that it contracts with or receives services from who are not employees under the test set forth in section 2 of chapter 151A of the General Laws.

And by striking out the definition of “Covered contract worker” as so appearing, in lines 28 through 32, and inserting in place thereof the following: -

“Covered contract worker”, an individual who is not an employee under the test set forth in section 2 of chapter 151A of the General Laws and for whom an employer or covered business entity is required to remit contributions to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund pursuant to section 6.

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