---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act"
description: "An Act establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 3680"
citation: "Massachusetts H 3680 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-05-08"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acad8ca9-ee77-449c-8a5a-0cfa3786a687"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3680"
source_hash: "be4d5769d2310f705e1d80bc2e3a6fc898a7984e812597c41321d317b83864b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 3680 (190th) — An Act establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3680.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-08** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2017-05-08** Pending new draft of H3659
- **2017-05-10** New draft of H3659
- **2017-05-10** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-10** Read third `reading-3`
- **2017-05-10** Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Amendment 3 pending `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-10** Laid aside on point of order
- **2017-05-10** Decision of the Chair sustained on appeal - 116 YEAS to 34 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 57)
- **2017-05-10** Passed to be engrossed - 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 58) `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2093 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** Order relative to subject matter adopted
- **2017-06-22** Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 29, 2017
- **2017-06-29** Read second `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted, S2093 as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** For Senate actions, see S2093
- **2017-06-29** Reprinted, as amended, see S2104
- **2017-06-29** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-29** Read third `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #56 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0] `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-17** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 3816
- **2017-07-19** Rule suspended
- **2017-07-19** Senate concurred in the further House amendment
- **2017-07-19** Enacted `passage`
- **2017-07-20** Enacted -see Roll Call #61 [YEAS 38 to NAYS 0] `passage`
- **2017-07-20** Laid before the Governor
- **2017-07-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acad8ca9-ee77-449c-8a5a-0cfa3786a687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).