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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1122 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2821
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tricia Farley-Bouvier
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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 to provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social
workers killed in the line of duty.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire1/14/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/27/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/25/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1122 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2821
By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2821) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Michael D. Brady and Colleen M. Garry relative to pension
benefits for surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in
the line of duty. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2514 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act to provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social
workers killed in the line of duty.
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 100 of Chapter 32 of Massachusetts General Laws is amended by adding at the
2end the following paragraph:-
3 Effective January 1, 2023, social workers at the Department of Children and Families
4shall be eligible for this benefit. The Massachusetts State Board of Retirement shall promulgate
5regulations under which conditions a DCF social worker can be eligible.