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S1376 • 2025

An Act relative to unemployment insurance

An Act relative to unemployment insurance

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Sponsor
Bruce E. Tarr
Last action
2026-04-30
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to unemployment insurance

An Act relative to unemployment insurance By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to unemployment insurance By Mr.
  • Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1376) of Bruce E.
  • Tarr for legislation relative to unemployment insurance.

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. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday July 30, 2026

  2. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Tuesday March 3, 2026

  3. 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

  4. 2025-11-17 Joint

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

  5. 2025-11-03 Joint

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

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to unemployment insurance
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1376) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to unemployment insurance. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1376

SECTION 1. Section 24 of Chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking out in lines 3 and 4 the words “Have been paid wages in the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit rate” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"Have been paid wages in at least two-quarters of the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit rate".

SECTION 2. Section 6 of Chapter 175M of the General Laws as appearing is hereby amended in subsection (2)(d) by striking "25 employees" and inserting in place thereof the following:-- "50 employees".

SECTION 3. Said Section 6 is hereby further amended by inserting at the end the following:-- "(g) for purposes of this section employers of covered entities shall not be counted towards the total number of required employees for coverage."

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