1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 376 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2925 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Tram T. Nguyen _________________ 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 human resource division’s civil service unit. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex1/8/2025 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 376 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2925 By Representative Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2925) of Tram T. Nguyen that the Executive Office for Administration and Finance fund the civil service unit of the Human Resource Division. Public Service. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2616 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act relative to the human resource division’s civil service unit. 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 5 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 official edition, is 2hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- 3 (q) The executive office for administration and finance shall be directed to appropriately 4fund the human resource division’s civil service unit such that the civil service unit may maintain 5a budget to permit it to continue to provide an independent and objective process of resolving 6appeals and disputes, and also better advertise, communicate, and market opportunities for 7careers in public service.