Massachusetts House Bill 1670 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-11-06 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4174
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to the protection of injured workers under the workers' compensation law. Labor and Workforce Development.

To protect injured workers

Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]	Rep. Bruce Ayers [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]
Rep. David Biele [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Peter Capano [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]
Rep. Edward Coppinger [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]
Rep. Marcos Devers [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Rep. Daniel Donahue [D]	Sen. William Driscoll [D]
Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]
Rep. Denise Garlick [D]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Kenneth Gordon [D]
Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]	Rep. Christopher Hendricks [D]
Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Russell Holmes [D]	Rep. Daniel Hunt [D]	Rep. Louis Kafka [D]
Rep. Patrick Kearney [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]
Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]	Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]
Rep. Joseph McGonagle [D]	Rep. Christina Minicucci [D]	Sen. Liz Miranda [D]	Rep. Brian Murray [D]
Rep. James O'Day [D]	Rep. Sarah Peake [D]	Rep. Alice Peisch [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Rep. David Robertson [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]
Rep. Jon Santiago [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]
Rep. Andres Vargas [D]	Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-06	House	Accompanied a new draft, see H4174
2019-06-27	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/09/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

H1598 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Committee recommended ought NOT to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
H1674 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S1063 (Similar To) 2019-08-05 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2311
S1077 (Similar To) 2019-12-02 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2429
H1621 (Similar To) 2019-08-05 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4026
S2311 (Similar To) 2019-08-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4174 (Replaced by) 2019-11-06 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S2401 (Similar To) 2019-11-14 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2429 (Similar To) 2019-12-02 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1670
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1670.pdf