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H2113 • 2025

An Act relative to professional employer organizations

An Act relative to professional employer organizations

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Sponsor
Kenneth I. Gordon
Last action
2026-01-08
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to professional employer organizations

An Act relative to professional employer organizations By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to professional employer organizations By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2113) of Kenneth I.
  • Gordon relative to professional employer organizations.
  • 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. 2026-01-08 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-01-08 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-01-08 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-22 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-10-14 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  6. 2025-07-09 Joint

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

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to professional employer organizations
By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2113) of Kenneth I. Gordon relative to professional employer organizations. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2113

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

Section 204. (a) A client and a registered PEO or PEO group shall each be deemed an employer under the laws of this Commonwealth for purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its Covered Employees.

(b) A fully-insured welfare benefit plan offered to the Covered Employees of a PEO or PEO group shall be treated for purposes of state law as a single employer welfare benefit plan.

(c) For purposes of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 176J, a PEO or PEO group shall be considered the employer of Covered Employees and all such Covered Employees shall be included in the Full-Time Equivalents count for purposes of a fully-insured health insurance plan sponsored by a PEO or PEO group.

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