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H3358 • 2025

An Act establishing building trades recovery week

An Act establishing building trades recovery week

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Sponsor
Hunt, Daniel J.
Last action
2025-11-03
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 establishing building trades recovery week

An Act establishing building trades recovery week By Representatives Hunt of Boston and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing building trades recovery week By Representatives Hunt of Boston and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3358) of Daniel J.
  • Hunt and David Biele for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate the last full week in April as building trades recovery week.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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. 2025-11-03 House

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

  2. 2025-11-03 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-11-03 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-06 House

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

  5. 2025-06-18 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing building trades recovery week
By Representatives Hunt of Boston and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3358) of Daniel J. Hunt and David Biele for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate the last full week in April as building trades recovery week. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3358

Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15IIIIII the following section:-

Section 15JJJJJJ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last week in April as Building Trades Recovery Week, for the Buildings Trades Employers Association to promote awareness of the dangers of opioids and substance misuse among workers in the construction industry and facilitate discussions and events to combat the opioid epidemic and promote mental health in the commonwealth's building construction industry.

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