Rep. Ken Gordon

Maddy summaryHD 832 clarifies Massachusetts' treatment of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) for employee benefits. It states that both a business using a PEO (the "client") and the PEO itself are considered employers under state law for retirement and welfare benefit plans covering the PEO's employees. The bill also requires that health insurance plans sponsored by a PEO count all covered employees toward full-time equivalent (FTE) calculations under state health insurance rules. This primarily affects small businesses that outsource HR functions to PEOs and the PEOs themselves.

Maddy summaryHD 816 amends Massachusetts law to give public employees the right to submit a written rebuttal to negative entries in their personnel records. The bill updates two sections of Chapter 149 (Sections 148A and 150) to explicitly include personnel records governed by Section 52C, requiring employers to allow this rebuttal process. This directly affects Massachusetts public employees whose personnel files contain disciplinary or performance-related entries. The key change is adding a formal mechanism for employees to respond to such records, ensuring their perspective is included in official files.

Maddy summaryH 4889 is a procedural bill extending the deadline for the House Committee on Education to report on specific House documents. It grants the committee until Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (instead of the original deadline) to finalize reports on House documents numbered 521, 540, 631, 632, 651, 657, 728, 4320, and 4511. The bill directly affects the Education committee's timeline for handling these documents. It does not change policy but adjusts administrative deadlines, and was adopted without debate on December 31, 2025.

Maddy summaryThis bill (HD 657) updates Massachusetts' Paid Family Medical Leave Law to improve employer notification requirements and reporting. It requires employers to inform all employees (including contract workers) within 5 business days about their eligibility for paid leave, providing necessary forms and written details. The bill also mandates new detailed reporting by the state, including demographic data (age, race, gender, etc.) on claimants, processing times, benefit amounts, and outcomes of appeals. These changes aim to increase transparency and accessibility of the program for workers and employers.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends Massachusetts' Paid Family Medical Leave Law by updating key definitions. It redefines a "covered business entity" as any business where 50% or more of its workforce consists of non-employee contractors (not classified as employees under Chapter 151A). It also redefines a "covered contract worker" as an individual not classified as an employee who requires employers to contribute to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund. These changes directly affect businesses using significant contractor labor and those contract workers now eligible for the leave program. The bill adjusts the legal definitions to expand eligibility under the existing leave law, without changing benefit amounts or core program rules.

Maddy summaryThis procedural bill (H 4863) extends the deadline for the House Committee on Education to report on 12 specific House documents (numbered 517, 542, 544, 548, 572, 596, 615, 637, 686, 722, 750, and 4011) until Wednesday, March 18, 2026. It modifies the original timeline set by House Rule 27, allowing the committee more time to finalize these reports. The bill was adopted on December 18, 2025, after being referred to and approved by the House Rules Committee.

Maddy summaryThis bill extends the deadline for the House Education Committee to report on specific pending documents (numbers 547, 603, 655, 682, 706, 725, and 4107) from its usual timeframe until Wednesday, March 18, 2026. It directly affects the Education Committee by granting them additional time to complete their review of these documents, overriding standard House Rule 27 procedures. The bill is procedural, solely changing a deadline without altering any substantive policy or affecting constituents or programs.

Maddy summaryThis bill removes social security numbers from death certificates issued in Massachusetts. It amends Chapter 46 of the General Laws to delete the requirement for including a deceased person's SSN on these official documents. The change directly affects individuals obtaining death certificates for legal, administrative, or funeral purposes. The key mechanism is a simple textual edit to the law governing certificate content, eliminating SSN as a required field.

Maddy summaryThis procedural bill (H 4802) extends the deadline for the House Committee on Education to report on four specific House documents (522, 542, 615, and 707) from the original timeframe to Wednesday, December 17, 2025. It modifies House Rule 27 to grant this additional time without requiring further legislative action. The bill directly affects the Committee on Education's schedule for handling these documents and was adopted on December 4, 2025.

Maddy summaryThis procedural bill (H 4821) extends the deadline for the House Committee on Education to report on House Document 46. It grants the committee until Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - bypassing standard time limits - to complete this report. The bill directly affects the committee's schedule and the specific document under review.