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22 HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4518
33 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
44 ________________________________________
55 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , April 4, 2024.
66 The committee on Public Service, to whom were referred the annual
77 report of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission
88 (under sections 21, 102 and 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws)
99 relative to the percentum change in the average cost-of-living as shown by
1010 the United States consumer price index for the year 2023 compared with
1111 such index for the year 2022 (House, No. 48); the communication from the
1212 Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission PERAC (under
1313 the provisions of Section 50 of Chapter 7 of the General Laws) submitting
1414 proposed amendments to the rules and regulations governing retirement of
1515 public employees in Massachusetts (840 CMR 3.00 and 13.00) (House,
1616 No. 49); the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2429) of Brian M.
1717 Ashe relative to establishing an elected and appointed board for the
1818 Hampden County Regional Retirement System; the petition (accompanied
1919 by bill, House, No. 2430) of Brian M. Ashe and Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.,
2020 relative to pay parity for county correctional officers; the petition
2121 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2432) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to the
2222 retirement group of the secretary and undersecretaries of the Executive
2323 Office of Public Safety and Security; the petition (accompanied by bill,
2424 House, No. 2433) of Bruce J. Ayers, Deborah B. Goldberg (Treasurer and
2525 Receiver General) and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to public employee
2626 retirement group classifications; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
2727 No. 2434) of Christine P. Barber, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Sal N.
2828 DiDomenico relative to retirement system investments in certain
2929 corporations utilizing environmental, social, and corporate governance
3030 policies; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2438) of F. Jay
3131 Barrows that the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System be
3232 authorized to credit Diane Galanti with certain creditable service benefits;
3333 the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2439) of Donald R.
3434 Berthiaume, Jr., relative to evaluations on certain veterans retired for
3535 disability; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2440) of Donald
3636 R. Berthiaume, Jr., relative to increasing the amount of hours that retired 2 of 12
3737 public employees may work for certain additional public service; the
3838 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2441) of Donald R. Berthiaume,
3939 Jr., relative to increasing the police and fire retirement age from 65 to 67;
4040 the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2444) of David Biele for
4141 legislation to further define the term “legislative body” relative to
4242 retirement boards in cities and towns; the petition (accompanied by bill,
4343 House, No. 2445) of David Biele relative to post retirement earnings and
4444 hours limitations for certain professional services; the petition
4545 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2446) of David Biele and Natalie M.
4646 Blais relative to the employment of attorneys by county retirement boards;
4747 the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2449) of Natalie M. Blais
4848 relative to non-membership service in public safety for certain uniformed
4949 members of paid fire or police departments; the petition (accompanied by
5050 bill, House, No. 2450) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to
5151 public pension fund divestment from the Republic of the Union of
5252 Myanmar; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2451) of Daniel
5353 Cahill relative to certain persons enrolled in the alternative superannuation
5454 retirement program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2452)
5555 of Daniel Cahill relative to the disability retirement law for public
5656 employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2454) of Daniel
5757 Cahill relative to creditable service for retirement purposes for service in
5858 the armed forces of the United States; the petition (accompanied by bill,
5959 House, No. 2457) of Peter Capano relative to collective bargaining of
6060 employment, assignment and promotion for employees of the
6161 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; the petition (accompanied by
6262 bill, House, No. 2459) of Gerard J. Cassidy and Steven S. Howitt for
6363 legislation to grant creditable service time for Massachusetts National
6464 Guard service; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2460) of
6565 Tackey Chan for legislation to define the word “person” for retirement
6666 purposes; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2464) of Tackey
6767 Chan and David Holway relative to employees of the Massachusetts Water
6868 Resources Authority under the retirement law for public employees; the
6969 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2465) of Tackey Chan and
7070 David Holway relative to the monthly premium rate for the group health
7171 and medical insurance plan for employees of the Commonwealth; the
7272 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2466) of Tackey Chan and
7373 David Holway relative to attorney services or management consultants for
7474 services performed for collective bargaining or issues arising from
7575 collective bargaining contracts; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
7676 No. 2467) of Tackey Chan and David Holway relative to expenses 3 of 12
7777 incurred in defending against unfair labor practices; the petition
7878 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2468) of Tackey Chan and David
7979 Holway for legislation to provide that decisions of the Labor Relations
8080 Commission in representation cases shall be subject to judicial review; the
8181 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2470) of Tackey Chan and
8282 David Holway relative to placing certain employees of the Department of
8383 Transportation in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public
8484 employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2471) of Tackey
8585 Chan and David Holway for legislation to eliminate Group 1 of the
8686 contributory retirement system for public employees and reclassify
8787 persons currently classified in said group to Group 2; the petition
8888 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2472) of Tackey Chan and David
8989 Holway for legislation to include sewerage treatment plant operators for
9090 the Department of Correction in Group 2 of the public employee
9191 retirement system; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2473) of
9292 Tackey Chan and David Holway relative to placing licensed electricians
9393 employed by the Commonwealth in Group 4 of the contributory retirement
9494 system for public employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
9595 No. 2474) of Tackey Chan and David Holway for legislation to include
9696 certain co-generation steam firemen and engineers in Group 4 of the
9797 contributory retirement system for public employees; the petition
9898 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2477) of Tackey Chan and David
9999 Holway relative to injuries sustained in service of probation officers; the
100100 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2480) of Mike Connolly and
101101 others relative to the divestment of state pension funds from nuclear
102102 weapons; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2481) of Rob
103103 Consalvo and others relative to the Group Insurance Commission Trust
104104 Fund; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2482) of Rob
105105 Consalvo relative to the retirement group of certain licensed pipefitters
106106 and refrigeration technicians; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
107107 No. 2484) of Mark J. Cusack and Patrick M. O'Connor relative to
108108 retirement benefits for Brian P. Costello, Jr; the petition (accompanied by
109109 bill, House, No. 2485) of Mark J. Cusack relative to creditable service for
110110 contract work by certain public retirees; the petition (accompanied by bill,
111111 House, No. 2498) of Marjorie C. Decker, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and David
112112 Paul Linsky relative to collective bargaining rights of teachers and other
113113 school employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2499) of
114114 David F. DeCoste for legislation to authorize employees of the South
115115 Shore Charter School to join the state employees retirement system; the
116116 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2500) of Angelo L. D'Emilia 4 of 12
117117 relative to directing the State Retirement Board to pay a certain retirement
118118 benefit to Virginia Wise, the surviving spouse of Raymond Wise, an
119119 officer of the Bridgewater State College Police Department; the petition
120120 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2503) of Mindy Domb and others for
121121 legislation to require the public pension fund to divest from ammunition
122122 and firearms; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2509) of Paul
123123 J. Donato and Paul McMurtry for legislation to place certain employees in
124124 the Department of Fire Services in Group 4 of the contributory retirement
125125 system for public employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
126126 No. 2510) of Michelle M. DuBois and others relative to the retirement
127127 benefits of certain employees of the Department of Public Health; the
128128 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2513) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier,
129129 Vanna Howard and Mary S. Keefe relative to the membership of the board
130130 of the Group Insurance Commission; the petition (accompanied by bill,
131131 House, No. 2514) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others relative to pension
132132 benefits for surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families
133133 social workers killed in the line of duty; the petition (accompanied by bill,
134134 House, No. 2517) of Ann-Margaret Ferrante and Deborah B. Goldberg
135135 (Treasurer and Receiver General) relative to employees whose
136136 compensation is sourced from the deferred compensation program
137137 SMART Plan; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2519) of
138138 Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to the retirement classification of
139139 harbormasters; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2521) of
140140 Paul Nordberg relative to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System
141141 benefit calculation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2524) of
142142 Sean Garballey for legislation to include certain employees in the
143143 Massachusetts Department of Transportation in Group 2 of the
144144 contributory retirement system for public employees; the petition
145145 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2525) of Sean Garballey relative to
146146 retirement benefits for court service coordinators; the petition
147147 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2526) of Sean Garballey relative to the
148148 retirement classification of certain court employees and other employees
149149 whose duty and responsibilities bring them in contact with criminal
150150 defendants; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2538) of Susan
151151 Williams Gifford, Colleen M. Garry and Angelo L. D'Emilia relative to
152152 increasing the amount of earnings that a retired public employee may be
153153 paid for certain additional public service; the petition (accompanied by
154154 bill, House, No. 2542) of Danielle W. Gregoire relative to the participation
155155 of surviving spouse beneficiaries in contributory retirement board
156156 elections; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2544) of Richard 5 of 12
157157 M. Haggerty relative to court officers injured in service of the
158158 Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2545) of
159159 Richard M. Haggerty relative to line-of-duty death and survivor benefits
160160 for police officers and firefighters; the petition (accompanied by bill,
161161 House, No. 2551) of James K. Hawkins and Angelo L. D'Emilia that the
162162 State Board of Retirement be directed to grant an increased accidental
163163 disability retirement allowance to Howard S. Levine; the petition
164164 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2552) of James K. Hawkins, Danillo A.
165165 Sena and Michelle M. DuBois relative to cancer presumption for police
166166 officers; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2553) of James K.
167167 Hawkins for legislation to provide certain employees in the Department of
168168 Correction with line-of-duty death benefits; the petition (accompanied by
169169 bill, House, No. 2554) of James K. Hawkins relative to minimum staffing
170170 discussions in collective bargaining negotiations of municipal police
171171 officers and firefighters; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
172172 2559) of Russell E. Holmes relative to compensation of members of the
173173 General Court; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2561) of
174174 Daniel J. Hunt for legislation relative to pension parity; the petition
175175 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2562) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to the
176176 definition of regular interest for retirement systems; the petition
177177 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2563) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and
178178 others relative to the Group Insurance Commission and Medicare health
179179 benefit supplement plans; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
180180 2564) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to establishing a
181181 universal public employee sick leave bank policy; the petition
182182 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2566) of Patrick Joseph Kearney
183183 relative to retirement and pensions during the COVID 19 pandemic; the
184184 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2568) of Patrick Joseph
185185 Kearney relative to retirement eligibility for certain Group 4 retirees; the
186186 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2570) of Kay Khan relative to
187187 authorizing the granting of certain creditable service to Robin Blatt, a
188188 member of the state employees' retirement system; the petition
189189 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2572) of Meghan Kilcoyne relative to
190190 benefits of employees who are required to respond to emergencies or work
191191 in hazardous environments; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
192192 2576) of Michael P. Kushmerek and Steven George Xiarhos relative to
193193 work limitations for municipal police retirees; the joint petition
194194 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2580) of David Henry Argosky
195195 LeBoeuf, Michael O. Moore and others relative to pensions for children of
196196 public safety officers killed in the line of duty; the petition (accompanied 6 of 12
197197 by bill, House, No. 2582) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and others
198198 relative to health insurance benefits for certain state employees; the
199199 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2584) of David Henry Argosky
200200 LeBoeuf and others relative to health insurance for municipal employees;
201201 the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2587) of Kate Lipper-
202202 Garabedian and Jason M. Lewis relative to the active service buy-back
203203 program for firefighters and police officers; the petition (accompanied by
204204 bill, House, No. 2591) of Jay D. Livingstone, Deborah B. Goldberg
205205 (Treasurer and Receiver General) and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to
206206 requiring public pension fund divestment from ammunition and firearms;
207207 the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2593) of John J. Mahoney
208208 relative to group insurance costs for certain public retirees; the petition
209209 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2596) of Joseph D. McKenna for an
210210 investigation by a special commission relative to the feasibility of
211211 replacing the defined benefit pension plan for public employees with a
212212 defined contribution plan for future employees; the petition (accompanied
213213 by bill, House, No. 2597) of Joseph D. McKenna relative to credible
214214 service in the retirement system for elected officials; the petition
215215 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2599) of Paul McMurtry relative to
216216 applications for public employee retirement system creditable service buy
217217 backs for veterans; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2600) of
218218 Paul McMurtry relative to veteran judges' pensions; the petition
219219 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2602) of Paul McMurtry relative to state
220220 police pensions; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2603) of
221221 Paul McMurtry for legislation to further regulate the retirement benefits of
222222 certain public safety employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
223223 No. 2606) of Lenny Mirra relative to student loan payments for those
224224 working in law enforcement; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
225225 No. 2607) of Lenny Mirra for legislation to authorize tuition
226226 reimbursements for students seeking a degree in criminal justice; the
227227 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2608) of Lenny Mirra relative
228228 to retirement benefits for certain elected officials; the petition
229229 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2609) of Rady Mom relative to the
230230 retirement group of University of Massachusetts, Massport police, and
231231 state university and community college police; the petition (accompanied
232232 by bill, House, No. 2613) of Mathew J. Muratore and Kathleen R. LaNatra
233233 relative to the retirement of Charles Bletzer, an employee of the Trial
234234 Court of the Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
235235 No. 2614) of James M. Murphy relative to the retirement earnings and
236236 benefits of certain senior justices; the petition (accompanied by bill, 7 of 12
237237 House, No. 2617) of James J. O'Day, Daniel M. Donahue and Sal N.
238238 DiDomenico relative to authorizing the Executive Office of Health and
239239 Human Services and the Department of Early Education and Care to
240240 establish an individual retirement account program for personal care
241241 attendants; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2619) of James
242242 J. O'Day and Daniel M. Donahue relative to authorizing certain public
243243 employees’ creditable retirement service; the petition (accompanied by
244244 bill, House, No. 2620) of James J. O'Day and others relative to public
245245 higher education collective bargaining funding; the petition (accompanied
246246 by bill, House, No. 2621) of James J. O'Day and Daniel M. Donahue
247247 relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department
248248 of Children and Families; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
249249 2623) of Steven Owens relative to creditable service for certain state
250250 contract employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2624)
251251 of Steven Owens relative to appeals to the Contributory Retirement
252252 Appeal Board; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2629) of
253253 Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund
254254 Board of Directors; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2632) of
255255 Edward R. Philips that the Massachusetts State Retirement Board provide
256256 a certain pension to Mary Coulter-Bennett, the surviving beneficiary of
257257 former State Police Detective Lieutenant William Coulter; the petition
258258 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2636) of Edward R. Philips that the
259259 State Board of Retirement provide a certain pension allowance to Cynthia
260260 Smith Wilder, the surviving spouse of Kevin Wilder; the petition
261261 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2639) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and
262262 Brian M. Ashe relative to retirement credit for private or parochial school
263263 teaching; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2641) of Angelo J.
264264 Puppolo, Jr., relative to providing for special death benefits to fallen
265265 public safety officers; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2642)
266266 of Orlando Ramos relative to retirement systems and pensions for
267267 correctional officers; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2644)
268268 of David Allen Robertson and Rodney M. Elliott relative to the Group 4
269269 and Group 2 retirement classifications of the University of Massachusetts
270270 police; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2645) of David
271271 Allen Robertson relative to the retirement of public authority law
272272 enforcement employee groups; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
273273 No. 2646) of David Allen Robertson that the State Retirement Board grant
274274 certain creditable service for retirement purposes to Stephen Gerald
275275 Roche; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2647) of David
276276 Allen Robertson and Vanna Howard relative to injured and incapacitated 8 of 12
277277 state-employed police officers; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
278278 No. 2651) of Daniel J. Ryan relative to the funding ratio of the public
279279 employee retirement system; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
280280 No. 2655) of Paul A. Schmid, III and William M. Straus (with the
281281 approval of the county commissioners) that the Bristol County Retirement
282282 Board grant creditable service to Michael Cioper; the petition
283283 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2656) of Danillo A. Sena and Vanna
284284 Howard relative to benefits for certain firefighters; the petition
285285 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2658) of Alan Silvia relative to
286286 providing prescription drug cost reimbursements to certain retirees; the
287287 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2659) of Alan Silvia and Paul
288288 A. Schmid, III relative to retirement for disability or death caused by
289289 certain conditions of cancer to certain explosive device canine handlers
290290 and bomb technicians; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
291291 2660) of Alan Silvia relative to payment of pensioners for services after
292292 retirement; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2663) of Todd
293293 M. Smola and Paul J. Donato relative to authorizing Brian Cardrant to
294294 purchase creditable service from the Worcester Regional Retirement
295295 System; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2664) of Todd M.
296296 Smola for legislation to provide the next of kin of state police officers
297297 killed in the line of duty with a flag during memorial services; the petition
298298 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2666) of Todd M. Smola that police
299299 officers of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement be included
300300 under the “heart law”, so-called; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
301301 No. 2668) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and David F. DeCoste relative
302302 to the retirement benefits of certain public safety employees; the petition
303303 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2669) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
304304 and others relative to COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations and
305305 immunization passports for public employees; the petition (accompanied
306306 by bill, House, No. 2670) of Chynah Tyler for legislation to authorize the
307307 State Board of Retirement to grant Bernard Wheeler, an employee of the
308308 Boston Municipal Court, an additional retirement benefit of four years of
309309 creditable service; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2676) of
310310 Erika Uyterhoeven relative to certain investments of the Massachusetts
311311 Pension Reserve Investment Management; the petition (accompanied by
312312 bill, House, No. 2684) of Bud L. Williams relative to public employee
313313 retirement and pensions for certain veterans; the petition (accompanied by
314314 bill, House, No. 2685) of Steven George Xiarhos that certain employees of
315315 the Massachusetts Port Authority be included in Group 4 of the
316316 contributory retirement system for public employees; the petition 9 of 12
317317 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2686) of Steven George Xiarhos that the
318318 State Board of Retirement be directed to grant an increased accidental
319319 disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant Virginia E. Cummings of the
320320 town of Bourne; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2687) of
321321 Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to fair worker representation on
322322 joint purchasing group committees; the petition (accompanied by bill,
323323 House, No. 3640) of Kip A. Diggs and Steven George Xiarhos for
324324 legislation to impose a surcharge on certain retirement earnings to be used
325325 for recreational opportunities; the joint petition (accompanied by bill,
326326 House, No. 3647) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Paul W. Mark relative to
327327 authorizing June Tooley, an employee of Berkshire Community College,
328328 to become a member of the State Employees Retirement System; the
329329 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3649) of Sean Garballey
330330 relative to teachers' retirement funds; the petition (accompanied by bill,
331331 House, No. 3650) of Vanna Howard relative to the withdrawal of local
332332 subscribers from the Group Insurance Commission; the petition
333333 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3718) of Marjorie C. Decker (with the
334334 approval of the city council) relative to expanding the definition of
335335 dependent for the purposes of municipal employee benefits in the city of
336336 Cambridge; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3793) of Mark
337337 J. Cusack for legislation to provide local option for retirement boards to
338338 grant retirement to totally and permanently incapacitated workers; the
339339 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3794) of Christopher Richard
340340 Flanagan relative to higher education incentives for certain municipal
341341 employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3851) of
342342 William M. Straus and others for legislation to provide funding of certain
343343 collective bargaining agreements; the petition (accompanied by bill,
344344 House, No. 3857) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile for legislation to provide
345345 retirement incentives in public higher education; the petition
346346 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3892) of William M. Straus that the
347347 Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board be directed to grant creditable
348348 service to Eileen Mullen for certain service rendered at the Greater New
349349 Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School; the petition
350350 (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3898) of Jack Patrick Lewis relative to
351351 creditable service for retirement purposes for certain employees who
352352 served in more than one retirement group; the petition (accompanied by
353353 bill, House, No. 3925) of David Allen Robertson relative to work hours
354354 for state retirees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3987) of
355355 Ruth B. Balser, Cynthia Stone Creem and Kay Khan (with the approval of
356356 the mayor and city council) relative to retired fire fighters in the city of 10 of 12
357357 Newton; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4060) of Natalie
358358 M. Blais relative to the rate of vacation time for certain employees of the
359359 Commonwealth who are veterans and buyback creditable service; the
360360 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4069) of Marc T. Lombardo
361361 relative to retiree work hours and pay limits; the petition (accompanied by
362362 bill, House, No. 4095) of Simon Cataldo relative to the retirement
363363 classification of Kurt Babick, an employee of the Acton-Boxborough
364364 Regional School District; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
365365 No.4247) of Paul McMurtry that the State Retirement Board provide a
366366 lifetime monthly allowance to Katherine M. McGuinness, the surviving
367367 spouse of former state police officer James T. McGuinness; and the
368368 petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4248) of Paul McMurtry
369369 relative to survivor benefits for the spouses of retired state troopers,
370370 reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 4518)
371371 ought to be adopted [Senator Fattman dissents].
372372 For the committee,
373373 KENNETH I. GORDON. 11 of 12
374374 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4518
375375 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
376376 House of Representatives, April 4, 2024.
377377 1 Ordered, That the committee on Public Service be authorized to sit during a recess of the
378378 2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 48, 49, 2429,
379379 32430, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452,
380380 42454, 2457, 2459, 2460, 2464, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2477,
381381 52480, 2481, 2482, 2484, 2485, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2503, 2509, 2510, 2513, 2514, 2517, 2519,
382382 62521, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2538, 2542, 2544, 2545, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2559, 2561, 2562,
383383 72563, 2564, 2566, 2568, 2570, 2572, 2576, 2580, 2582, 2584, 2587, 2591, 2593, 2596, 2597,
384384 82599, 2600, 2602, 2603, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2613, 2614, 2617, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2623,
385385 92624, 2629, 2632, 2636, 2639, 2641, 2642, 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647, 2651, 2655, 2656, 2658,
386386 102659, 2660, 2663, 2664, 2666, 2668, 2669, 2670, 2676, 2684, 2685, 2686, 2687, 3640, 3647,
387387 113649, 3650, 3718, 3793, 3794, 3851, 3857, 3892, 3898, 3925, 3987, 4060, 4069, 4095, 4247 and
388388 124248, relative to pensions, collective bargaining, spousal benefits and other public service issues.
389389 13 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
390390 14and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such 12 of 12
391391 15recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
392392 16on or before December 31, 2024.