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H2178 • 2025

An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers

An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers

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Sponsor
Chynah Tyler
Last action
2026-02-19
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 establishing a prevailing wage for security officers

An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2178) of Chynah Tyler for legislation to establish a prevailing wage for security officers.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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. 2026-02-19 House

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

  2. 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

  3. 2025-11-17 Joint

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

  4. 2025-11-03 Joint

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

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers
By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2178) of Chynah Tyler for legislation to establish a prevailing wage for security officers. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2178

SECTION 1. Section 27H of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words “the cleaning and maintenance of” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- cleaning and maintenance or security guard services in.

SECTION 2. Said section 27H of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 6, the words “maintenance or cleaning” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- cleaning and maintenance or security guard.

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