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H2124 • 2025

An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages

An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages

Healthcare Labor
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Sponsor
Kevin G. Honan
Last action
2026-03-19
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 to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages

An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages By Representative Honan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages By Representative Honan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2124) of Kevin G.
  • Honan for legislation to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages.
  • 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. 2026-03-19 House

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

  2. 2026-03-19 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-19 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-19 House

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

  5. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing date changed

  6. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1

  7. 2025-11-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in B-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages
By Representative Honan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2124) of Kevin G. Honan for legislation to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2124

Section 148 of chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the fifth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

This section shall not apply to an employee of a co-operative association if he is a shareholder therein, unless he requests such association to pay him weekly, nor to casual employees as hereinbefore defined employed by the commonwealth or by any county, city or town.

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