H3417 • 2025

An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day

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Sponsor: Sousa, Priscila S.
Last action: 2026-01-29
Official status: Referred to Senate Committee on Rules
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day

An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3417) of Priscila S.
Sousa, Judith A.
Garcia and others for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart the sixteenth day of June as domestic workers’ rights day.

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Bill History

2026-01-29 Senate
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-01-28 House
Rules suspended
2026-01-28 House
Read third
2026-01-28 House
Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 117 )
2025-11-26 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-26 House
Rules suspended
2025-11-26 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-30 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-08 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2025-05-30 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day
By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3417) of Priscila S. Sousa, Judith A. Garcia and others for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart the sixteenth day of June as domestic workers’ rights day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Rules

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Bill H.3417

SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15TTTTT, the following section:—

Section 15UUUUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the sixteenth day of June as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day, recommending its observance by the public to honor all domestic workers who work in private homes and in recognition of Massachusetts’ historic enactment of basic labor standards in the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

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