Bill Text: MA S57 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require equal benefits for all new mothers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S57 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S57-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark C. Montigny
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring equal benefits for all new mothers
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Mark C. Montigny |
Second Bristol and Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00098 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring equal benefits for all new mothers.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 105D of chapter 149 of the 2004 Official Edition of the general laws is hereby amended by adding after the word “leave.”, in line 13, the following language:-
“An employee on maternity leave for the adoption of a child shall be entitled to the same benefits offered by her employer as an employee on maternity leave for the birth of a child.”
