Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3417: An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day
Status: Signed into law, September 10, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15TTTTT, the following section:— Section 15UUUUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the sixteenth day of June as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day, recommending its observance by the public to honor all domestic workers who work in private homes and in recognition of Massachusetts’ historic enactment of basic labor standards in the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Sponsors
- Priscila Sousa (D) · primary sponsor
- Judith Garcia (D)
- Mindy Domb (D, 3rd Hampshire)
- Hannah Kane (R, 11th Worcester)
- Christine Barber (D)
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex)
- Kennedy, Robyn K. (D, First Worcester)
- Vanna Howard (D, 17th Middlesex)
- Natalie Higgins (D, 4th Worcester)
- Leigh Davis (D)
- James Arena-DeRosa (D)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 212 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
- : Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 117)
Votes
- Committee Vote - Senate Committee on Rules (August 19, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Passed to be engrossed (January 28, 2026): 156 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (October 21, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H3417?
- H3417 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day.
- What is the status of H3417?
- Signed into law as of September 10, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 212 of the Acts of 2026 (September 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored H3417?
- Priscila Sousa (D), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H3417?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3417
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