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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3384 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2630
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Alice Hanlon Peisch
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to benefits for teachers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alice Hanlon Peisch14th Norfolk1/12/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/8/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/8/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/13/2023William C. Galvin6th Norfolk2/14/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex3/8/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth3/8/2023Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex3/8/2023Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth3/8/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester3/8/2023Michelle L. Ciccolo15th Middlesex3/8/2023 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3384 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2630
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2630) of
Alice Hanlon Peisch and others relative to retirement benefits for teachers. Public Service.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to benefits for teachers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision (4) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General
2Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, as amended by chapter 134 of the acts of 2022 is
3hereby amended by adding the following subsection after subsection (c):
4 (d) An active or inactive member of the teachers’ retirement system who: (1) is a teacher
5or school nurse; (ii) became eligible for membership in the teachers’ retirement system before
6July 1, 2001; (iii) began contributing to the teachers’ retirement system before July 1, 2001; and
7(iv) did not provide a written election to participate or held a good faith belief that they elected to
8participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program to the teachers’
9retirement system before July 1, 2001 nor at any other time prior to December 31, 2019, shall
10have a new 1-time opportunity to elect to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement
11benefit program. 2 of 3
12 SECTION 2. Paragraph 65, Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in
13the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word “service”, the following: ;
14provided further that any person who served in a position described above who is vested in the
15teacher’s retirement system or the State-Boston retirement system and is subsequently employed
16by the executive office of education or the department of elementary and secondary education,
17except a commissioner hired before January 1, 2023, shall retain the status of “teacher” and be
18considered as remaining in service in that capacity.
19 SECTION 3. Section 3(8)(a) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
20Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word “system” in line 6, the following: ,
21except a teacher who becomes employed at the executive office of education or the department
22of elementary and secondary education shall remain in the teacher’s retirement system or the
23Boston retirement system.
24 SECTION 4. Section 3(8) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
25Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: e) An employee of the
26executive office of education or the department of elementary and secondary education who is a
27member of the state employees retirement system and who is reinstated in the teachers’
28retirement system or the Boston retirement system pursuant to section (8)(a) shall not be deemed
29to have had an interruption of membership or service. Upon reinstatement, the member will pay
30into the annuity savings fund of the teachers’ retirement system or the State-Boston retirement
31system in one sum, or in installments as the board may prescribe, makeup payments equal to the
32difference between the contributions paid to the state employees retirement system and the
33required contributions of the teachers’ retirement system or the State-Boston retirement system 3 of 3
34on all regular compensation received during the period of membership in the state employees
35retirement system.
36 SECTION 5. Section 3 (8) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
37Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: f) notwithstanding the
38provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law to the contrary, a member who is
39reinstated in the teacher’s retirement system or the Boston retirement system pursuant to (8)(a)
40shall be entered into the state employees retirement system as a Group 1 state employee upon
41retirement.