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