Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H5048 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5048
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4	4	________________________________________
5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , September 16, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Public Service, to whom were referred the petition
7	7	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2427) of James Arciero and others
8	8	relative to cost of living adjustments for retired public employees of the
9	9	Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2431) of
10	10	Bruce J. Ayers and others relative to option (D) survivor allowance
11	11	beneficiaries; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2461) of
12	12	Tackey Chan relative to retirement for municipal building officials; the
13	13	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2476) of Tackey Chan and
14	14	David Holway for legislation to designate constitutional officers as
15	15	employers of the employees under their jurisdiction; the petition
16	16	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2486) of Mark J. Cusack and Carole A.
17	17	Fiola relative to the cost of living adjustment for state and teacher retirees;
18	18	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2487) of Mark J. Cusack
19	19	relative to enhancing cost of living adjustment for certain long-term career
20	20	public retirees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2490) of
21	21	Mark J. Cusack relative to creditable service for Massachusetts Bay
22	22	Transportation Authority police officers; the petition (accompanied by
23	23	bill, House, No. 2505) of Daniel M. Donahue and others relative to public
24	24	employee retiree benefits; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
25	25	2506) of Daniel M. Donahue and Patricia A. Haddad that the Division of
26	26	Personnel Administration conduct a civil service exam for certain benefits
27	27	eligibility and referral social workers; the petition (accompanied by bill,
28	28	House, No. 2516) of Dylan A. Fernandes and Angelo L. D'Emilia relative
29	29	to disability pensions for violent crimes committed against certain public
30	30	employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2527) of Judith
31	31	A. Garcia, Daniel J. Ryan and others for legislation relative to retirement
32	32	benefits for care givers at the Soldiers' Homes; the petition (accompanied
33	33	by bill, House, No. 2558) of Russell E. Holmes for legislation to include
34	34	certain employees of the Department of Youth Services in Group 4 of the
35	35	contributory retirement system for public employees; the petition
36	36	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2567) of Patrick Joseph Kearney 2 of 4
37	37	relative to disability pensions for violent crimes committed against certain
38	38	public employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2581) of
39	39	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and Patricia A. Haddad relative to the
40	40	retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Transitional
41	41	Assistance and the Department of Housing and Community Development;
42	42	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2583) of David Henry
43	43	Argosky LeBoeuf, Deborah B. Goldberg (Treasurer and Receiver General)
44	44	and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to further regulating the state employees
45	45	retirement system; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2592) of
46	46	Jay D. Livingstone for legislation to establish retirement parity for long
47	47	term public defenders; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
48	48	2605) of Joan Meschino, Samantha Montaño and Vanna Howard relative
49	49	to expanding access to civil service examinations; the petition
50	50	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2610) of Rady Mom relative to the
51	51	minority preference for police and fire department hirings in cities and
52	52	towns; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2616) of Tram T.
53	53	Nguyen and others that the Executive Office for Administration and
54	54	Finance fund the civil service unit of the Human Resource Division; the
55	55	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2634) of Edward R. Philips
56	56	relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification; the petition
57	57	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2643) of Orlando Ramos and others for
58	58	legislation to include certain employees of the Department of
59	59	Developmental Services and Commission for the Deaf and Hard of
60	60	Hearing in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public
61	61	employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2661) of Alan
62	62	Silvia relative to employee retirement contributions; the petition
63	63	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2671) of Steven Ultrino that assistant
64	64	coordinators of the electric monitoring department of the Office of
65	65	Probation shall be eligible for classification as members of Group 2 of the
66	66	state contributory retirement board; the petition (accompanied by bill,
67	67	House, No. 2672) of Steven Ultrino and James J. O'Day relative to placing
68	68	installation security officers in Group 4 of the contributory retirement
69	69	system for public employees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
70	70	No. 3648) of Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to residency
71	71	requirements for certain police officers, firefighters and fire alarm division
72	72	personnel; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3837) of Sarah
73	73	K. Peake relative to accidental disability retirement for William Little, a
74	74	police officer of the town of Chatham, from the Barnstable County
75	75	Retirement Association; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
76	76	4014) of Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr., (by vote of the town) that the town of 3 of 4
77	77	North Brookfield be authorized to continue the employment of Chief
78	78	Joseph Holway and Captain David Martin of the fire department of said
79	79	town; the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4177) of
80	80	Mathew J. Muratore and Susan L. Moran (by vote of the town) relative to
81	81	retirement benefits for certain employees of the harbormaster division of
82	82	the police department of the town of Plymouth; and the petition
83	83	(accompanied by bill. House, No. 4662) of Kip A. Diggs relative to
84	84	creditable service for Charles G. Lawrence, a member of the
85	85	Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System, reports recommending that
86	86	the accompanying order (House, No. 5048) ought to be adopted [Senator
87	87	Fattman dissents.]
88	88	For the committee,
89	89	KENNETH I. GORDON. 4 of 4
90	90	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5048
91	91	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
92	92	House of Representatives,
93	93	1 Ordered, That the committee on Public Service be authorized to sit during a recess of the
94	94	2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 2427, 2431,
95	95	32461, 2476, 2486, 2487, 2490, 2505, 2506, 2516, 2527, 2558, 2567, 2581, 2583, 2592, 2605,
96	96	42610, 2616, 2634, 2643, 2661, 2671, 2672, 3648, 3837, 4014, 4177 and 4662, relative to cost of
97	97	5living, retirement benefits and other related matters.
98	98	6 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
99	99	7and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
100	100	8recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
101	101	9on or before December 31, 2024.