S 1376

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1902  FILED ON: 1/17/2025
  SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1376
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Bruce E. Tarr
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
        Court assembled:
        The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act relative to unemployment insurance.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Bruce E. Tarr  First Essex and Middlesex
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  SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1902  FILED ON: 1/17/2025
      SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1376
    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.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE SENATE, NO. 1226 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act relative to unemployment insurance.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  SECTION 1. Section 24 of Chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2   Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking out in lines 3 and 4 the words
3   “Have been paid wages in the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit
4   rate” and inserting in place thereof the following:-
5  "Have been paid wages in at least two-quarters of the base period amounting to at least
6   thirty times the weekly benefit rate".
7  SECTION 2. Section 6 of Chapter 175M of the General Laws as appearing is hereby
8   amended in subsection (2)(d) by striking "25 employees" and inserting in place thereof the
9   following:-- "50 employees".
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10  SECTION 3. Said Section 6 is hereby further amended by inserting at the end the
11   following:-- "(g) for purposes of this section employers of covered entities shall not be counted
12   towards the total number of required employees for coverage."
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