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S 1968

Prohibits the establishment, incorporation, construction, or increase in capacity of for-profit nursing homes

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jabari Brisport and 2 co-sponsors

Inserts and the business has 30 or more employees into Section 5, Chapter 59 of MA law, creating a 30+ employee threshold for small businesses on leased Commonwealth property.

REFERRED TO HEALTH
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Bill Summary · S 1968

Summary — S.1968

Title (as presented): An Act relative to the small businesses operated on leased commonwealth property
Bill Number: S 1968
Introduced: January 13–14, 2025 (filed); listed as introduced June 5, 2025 in one record
Primary sponsor(s) (as listed in documents): Peter J. Durant (filed); other names in provided materials appear inconsistent (see Notes)
Current status (mixed records): Referred to committee (records show referrals to Health, Finance, and Revenue; hearing scheduled 7/15/2025)

At a glance

The operative text provided for S.1968 is brief and narrowly targeted: it amends Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws by inserting a workforce-size threshold — “and the business has 30 or more employees” — into the third paragraph of that section. The bill’s cover language frames the measure as relating to “small businesses operated on leased commonwealth property.”

What the bill would do (key provision)

  • Amends Section 5, Chapter 59 (as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition) by inserting the phrase: “and the business has 30 or more employees” into the third paragraph immediately after the word “purposes”.
  • The change is narrow in scope: it introduces an explicit employee-count (30+) criterion into an existing statutory paragraph. The bill text does not itself specify additional policy, dollar amounts, or programmatic changes.

Who would be affected

  • Businesses that operate on property leased from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, specifically those addressed by Section 5 of Chapter 59.
  • The immediate subset likely affected are businesses that meet or exceed the new 30-employee threshold; whether this creates or removes an exemption, changes tax classification, or alters eligibility for some program depends on the surrounding language of Section 5.
  • Municipalities, assessors, and the Executive Branch agencies that administer property tax rules or lease policies may be indirectly affected if the insertion changes statutory duties or classifications.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Filed in the Massachusetts Senate (S.1968) in January 2025 (Senate docket/filing date appears 1/13/2025).
  • Legislative actions in the provided record are inconsistent but include: referral to the Committee on Revenue (2/27/2025), a hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025, read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance (06/05/2025), and a notation “House concurred” (2/27/2025). Some records also list referral to Health (dates repeated).
  • As of the most recent material supplied, the bill has not been enacted; it remains at committee/referral stage with at least one hearing scheduled.

Notes, uncertainties, and recommended next steps

  • The materials provided for “S.1968” contain multiple, conflicting documents: (a) a brief Massachusetts bill amending Chapter 59 (the operative text above), (b) a longer federal-sounding “Working Waterfronts Act of 2025” table of contents, and (c) a separate title referencing prohibition of for‑profit nursing homes. Sponsor lists also include a mix of state and U.S. Senators. These inconsistencies indicate multiple documents were combined in the supplied packet.
  • Because the single-line change in statute depends on context within Section 5, Chapter 59, readers should review the full current text of that section to determine the concrete legal and fiscal effects (e.g., which tax classifications, exemptions, or assessments would be altered by the 30-employee threshold).
  • If you need a precise impact analysis (tax revenue, affected businesses count, municipal administrative changes), provide the current full text of Section 5, Chapter 59 or request that I retrieve and analyze that statutory paragraph in context.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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