Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2916 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3524 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2916
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Paul McMurtry
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to survivor’s benefits for the spouses of retired state troopers.
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14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk1/17/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3524 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2916
18	18	By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2916) of
19	19	Paul McMurtry relative to survivor benefits for the spouses of retired state troopers. Public
20	20	Service.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 4248 OF 2023-2024.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
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28	28	An Act relative to survivor’s benefits for the spouses of retired state troopers.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 12B the
32	32	2following section:-
33	33	3 Section 12C. Notwithstanding section 12, if a former member of the uniformed division
34	34	4of the state police who is a member inactive as a result of their retirement dies and leaves a
35	35	5spouse to whom such member has been married for at least 1 year and with whom such member
36	36	6was living at the time of the death of such member, or who the board finds had been living apart
37	37	7from said member for justifiable cause other than desertion or moral turpitude on the part of such
38	38	8spouse who is eligible to receive a member-survivor allowance under the provisions of option (d)
39	39	9subdivision (2) of section 12, such surviving spouse shall receive a lifetime, monthly allowance
40	40	10equal to the amount they would receive if the deceased member had, upon retirement, elected 2 of 2
41	41	11option (c) of said subdivision (2) of said section 12 and nominated their spouse as their sole
42	42	12surviving eligible beneficiary; provided, however, that the retirement board shall withhold from
43	43	13each payment made to such surviving spouse during the first year of such payments, such an
44	44	14amount, in equal increments, as is necessary to account for the difference in the total amount the
45	45	15deceased member received pursuant to whichever option they elected at the time of their
46	46	16retirement from the date of their retirement to the date of their death and the total amount they
47	47	17would have received had they elected said option (c) from the date of their retirement. Any
48	48	18retirement benefit provided to a surviving spouse pursuant to this paragraph shall be in lieu of,
49	49	19and not in addition to, any benefits they may have otherwise received from the state retirement
50	50	20board as the deceased member’s beneficiary.