Massachusetts HD 2496: An Act relative to the small necessities leave act

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2496 FILED ON: 2/17/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1947

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark J. Cusack and John F. Keenan
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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 the small necessities leave act.
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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Mark J. Cusack 5th Norfolk 2/17/2021
John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth 2/19/2021

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2496 FILED ON: 2/17/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1947
By Representative Cusack of Braintree and Senator Keenan, a joint petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 1947) of Mark J. Cusack and John F. Keenan relative to family and medical
leave. Labor and Workforce Development.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1604 OF 2019-2020.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to the small necessities leave act.

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 52D of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018
2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the words "by blood or marriage to
3 the employee, including a" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by blood,
4 marriage, or adoption to the employee, including a parent or an adoptive.