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H2141 • 2025

An Act relative to employee definition harmonization

An Act relative to employee definition harmonization

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Sponsor
Livingstone, Jay D.
Last action
2025-09-04
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to employee definition harmonization

An Act relative to employee definition harmonization By Representatives Livingstone of Boston and Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to employee definition harmonization By Representatives Livingstone of Boston and Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2141) of Jay D.
  • Livingstone and Tram T.
  • Nguyen relative to employment under the unemployment insurance program.

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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

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

  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 relative to employee definition harmonization
By Representatives Livingstone of Boston and Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2141) of Jay D. Livingstone and Tram T. Nguyen relative to employment under the unemployment insurance program. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2141

SECTION 1.

Section 2 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) such service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and

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