Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5321: An Act empowering municipalities and local governments
Status: In committee, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
An Act empowering municipalities and local governments. of the same, as follows: SECTION 1 [18]. Section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, in any period during which there is a critical shortage of qualified applicants for a specific job title or class of job titles, an executive agency, department, county, city, town, district or authority may, upon approval from the secretary of administration and finance, or the secreta.
From the introduced text, April 2, 2026:
An Act empowering municipalities and local governments. of the same, as follows: SECTION 1 [18]. Section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, in any period during which there is a critical shortage of qualified applicants for a specific job title or class of job titles, an executive agency, department, county, city, town, district or authority may, upon approval from the secretary of administration and finance, or the secretary's designee, create one or more critical shortage positions in the job title or class of job titles. The agency, department, county, city, town, district or authority shall submit to the secretary or their designee any documentation that the secretary or their designee shall require to determine the existence of a critical shortage of qualified applicants for a job title or class of job titles. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall set the maximum number of critical shortage positions that may be created by the requesting entity in the job title or class of job titles. of A critical shortage position authorized under this subsection shall exist and be active for a period not to exceed 24 months; provided, however, that the position may be …
Sponsors
- Daniel Ryan (D, 2nd Suffolk) · primary sponsor