govt.fyi
Back to H1597
Massachusetts General Court· H1597Accompanied a new draft, see H5125

An Act limiting the use of prison labor, the official text

Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official source posted by the Massachusetts General Court, fetched 2026-07-15. Nothing is edited or removed. The official bill page.
	Chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- 
	Section 22. No administrator or superintendent of any correctional institution, including any correctional facility, county correctional facility, penal institution, state correctional facility, state prison, or jail, shall transfer any inmate or prisoner outside of the commonwealth; and no inmate or prisoner of any correctional institution, including any correctional facility, county correctional facility, penal institution, state correctional facility, state prison, or jail, shall be transferred outside of the commonwealth, for the purpose of engaging in labor outside of the Commonwealth.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.