HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1849
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Josh S. Cutler and Brandy Fluker Oakley
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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 salary range transparency.
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PETITION OF:
NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Josh S. Cutler 6th Plymouth 1/19/2023
Brandy Fluker Oakley 12th Suffolk 1/23/2023
Chynah Tyler 7th Suffolk 1/23/2023
Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire 1/23/2023
Smitty Pignatelli 3rd Berkshire 1/24/2023
Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex 1/24/2023
Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex 1/24/2023
Francisco E. Paulino 16th Essex 1/24/2023
Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester 1/25/2023
Christopher J. Worrell 5th Suffolk 1/25/2023
Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex 1/25/2023
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 1/25/2023
Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex 1/25/2023
Kathleen R. LaNatra 12th Plymouth 1/26/2023
Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex 1/27/2023
Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex 1/27/2023
Steven Owens 29th Middlesex 1/28/2023
William J. Driscoll, Jr. 7th Norfolk 1/30/2023
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Vanna Howard 17th Middlesex 1/30/2023
Kay Khan 11th Middlesex 2/1/2023
Sally P. Kerans 13th Essex 2/1/2023
Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex 2/1/2023
Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex 2/2/2023
Michael P. Kushmerek 3rd Worcester 2/2/2023
Carlos González 10th Hampden 2/2/2023
Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex 2/2/2023
Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex 2/2/2023
Carol A. Doherty 3rd Bristol 2/2/2023
Christopher M. Markey 9th Bristol 2/3/2023
Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 2/3/2023
David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex 2/6/2023
Adrian C. Madaro 1st Suffolk 2/6/2023
Jon Santiago 9th Suffolk 2/6/2023
Rebecca L. Rausch Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex 2/6/2023
Patricia A. Duffy 5th Hampden 2/8/2023
Jacob R. Oliveira Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester 2/8/2023
Tricia Farley-Bouvier 2nd Berkshire 2/8/2023
David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex 2/8/2023
Joan Meschino 3rd Plymouth 2/8/2023
Mark J. Cusack 5th Norfolk 2/9/2023
Edward R. Philips 8th Norfolk 2/9/2023
Dylan A. Fernandes Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket 2/10/2023
Alan Silvia 7th Bristol 2/10/2023
Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 2/13/2023
Jessica Ann Giannino 16th Suffolk 2/14/2023
Jay D. Livingstone 8th Suffolk 2/14/2023
Samantha Montaño 15th Suffolk 2/20/2023
Patricia A. Haddad 5th Bristol 2/23/2023
Shirley B. Arriaga 8th Hampden 2/28/2023
Simon Cataldo 14th Middlesex 2/28/2023
Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth 3/1/2023
Rob Consalvo 14th Suffolk 3/1/2023
Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk 3/5/2023
Hannah Kane 11th Worcester 3/6/2023
Michelle L. Ciccolo 15th Middlesex 3/8/2023
Bruce J. Ayers 1st Norfolk 3/9/2023
Russell E. Holmes 6th Suffolk 3/10/2023
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Rodney M. Elliott 16th Middlesex 3/11/2023
Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester 3/12/2023
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth 3/13/2023
Marcus S. Vaughn 9th Norfolk 3/13/2023
Christopher Richard Flanagan 1st Barnstable 3/14/2023
Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Norfolk 3/14/2023
Danillo A. Sena 37th Middlesex 3/14/2023
Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk 3/15/2023
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos 14th Essex 3/15/2023
Kimberly N. Ferguson 1st Worcester 3/16/2023
Judith A. Garcia 11th Suffolk 3/22/2023
Margaret R. Scarsdale 1st Middlesex 3/24/2023
James C. Arena-DeRosa 8th Middlesex 3/28/2023
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. 28th Middlesex 3/29/2023
Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol 3/29/2023
Dawne Shand 1st Essex 3/30/2023
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex 4/6/2023
Denise C. Garlick 13th Norfolk 5/1/2023
Kip A. Diggs 2nd Barnstable 5/3/2023
Lydia Edwards Third Suffolk 5/10/2023
Frank A. Moran 17th Essex 9/12/2023
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 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2814 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1849
By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 1849) of Josh S. Cutler, Brandy Fluker Oakley and others relative to salary
range transparency by certain employers. Labor and Workforce Development.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to salary range transparency.
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. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
2 section 105D the following section:-
3 Section 105E. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following
4 meanings:
5 “covered employer” shall mean any employer, public or private, that employs 15 or more
6 employees in Massachusetts.
7 “pay range” shall mean the annual salary range or hourly wage range or other
8 compensation that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such position at
9 that time.
10 (b) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall disclose the pay range for a
11 particular employment position within the advertising or posting of the position.
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12 (c) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a
13 particular employment position to an employee offered a promotion or a transfer to a new
14 position.
15 (d) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a
16 particular employment position to an employee holding such position, or to an applicant for such
17 position, upon request.
18 (e) It shall be an unlawful practice for any employer to discharge or in any other manner
19 retaliate or discriminate against any employee or applicant because such employee or applicant
20 has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this section, or has made any complaint to his
21 employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any
22 proceeding under or related to this section, or has testified or is about to testify in any such
23 proceeding.
24 (f) The Attorney General shall enforce this section and may obtain injunctive or
25 declaratory relief for this purpose. Any covered employer who violates this section, including
26 failure to disclose a good-faith pay range, shall be punished by a warning for the first offense and
27 not more than $500 for the second offense. For a third or subsequent offense, violation of this
28 section shall be subject to section 27C(b)(1) and (2) of chapter 149. No violation of this section
29 shall be construed to carry treble damages in chapter 149 section 150.
30 (g) The Attorney General shall conduct a public awareness outreach campaign, which
31 shall include, but not be limited to, making information available on its website and otherwise
32 informing employers of the provisions of this section.
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