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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1608
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John C. Velis
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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 the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and HampshireMichael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/9/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1608
By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1608) of John C. Velis and Michael
D. Brady for legislation relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts
State Police. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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 the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police.
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 22C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new
2section:
3 Section XX. There is hereby reestablished a career incentive pay program offering base
4salary increases to regular full-time members of the state police department as an incentive for
5furthering the education of current officers and recruiting diverse candidates to the state police
6through future recruitment and the cadet program. This section shall not apply to officers
7currently receiving career incentive pay for educational degrees under any other program or law.
8 In order to rectify an equity issue on the State Police, the police career incentive base
9salary increases shall equal the already existing incentive and be predicated on the accumulation
10of points earned in the following manner: one point for each semester hour credit earned toward
11a baccalaureate or an associate degree; sixty points for an associate degree; one hundred and
12twenty points for a baccalaureate degree; and one hundred and fifty points for a degree of master 2 of 2
13or for a degree in law. All semester credits and degrees shall be earned in an accredited
14educational institution and shall be credited for the purpose of determining points under this
15section, notwithstanding the date of appointment of an individual to a position described in the
16first paragraph of this section. Only graduates of: (1) an accredited degree program offered by an
17institution of higher learning in order to ensure diverse educational backgrounds of current and
18future officers, or (2) accredited law schools shall be eligible for the police career incentive pay
19program.
20 Base salary increases authorized by this section shall be granted in the following manner:
21a ten percent increase for sixty points, a twenty percent increase for one hundred and twenty
22points, and a twenty-five percent increase for one hundred and fifty points so accumulated.