An Equitable, Just, & Comprehensive COVID-19 Response
More than a month into the state of emergency in Massachusetts due to COVID-19, our state's response has been slow and piecemeal.
We have a public health crisis on our hands. And an economic crisis. And a democratic crisis.
We need swift, far-reaching action. And we need to make sure that such action leaves no one behind.
Shared Prosperity
- SD.2918 (Lewis) & HD.5039 (Donato): An Act relative to emergency paid sick time, which would provide ten additional work-days (80 hours) of job-protected paid sick time for immediate use during the COVID-19 outbreak
- HD.4945 (Gouveia): An Act providing for emergency cash assistance in response to COVID-19 & HD.4950 (Miranda): An Act providing emergency access to equity and justice for all in response to COVID-19, which provide cash assistance to Massachusetts residents in this period of economic security
- HD.4951 (Decker): An Act to provide short-term relief for families in deep poverty, which would provide an extra month of benefits to those on TAFDC and EAEDC
- HD.5031 (Robinson): An Act providing hazard pay for essential workers in the COVID-19 emergency, which requires that workers deemed essential get paid time and a half given the risks they face
All Means All: Racial and Social Justice
- HD.4963 (Sabadosa): An Act regarding Decarceration and COVID-19, which would require the release of individuals who are currently in pre-trial detainment or under incarceration if they are a member of a population deemed especially vulnerable by the CDC, are eligible for medical parole, are almost finished with their sentence, or are only being detained due to inability to pay bail or due to minor violations of parole
- SD.2916 (Eldridge) / HD.5036 (Barber / Farley-Bouvier): An Act to provide equal stimulus checks to immigrant taxpayers, which provides stimulus checks to immigrant taxpayers who were excluded from the stimulus provisions of the federal CARES Act
