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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James C. Arena-DeRosa
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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 public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and
commonwealth corps workers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/15/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/10/2025 1 of 1
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By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3284) of James C. Arena-DeRosa and Samantha Montaño relative to public hiring preference for
veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers. State Administration and
Regulatory Oversight.
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 relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and
commonwealth corps workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 10 of chapter 238 of
2the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 4T the following section:-
3 Section 4U. The human resources division shall establish a program for agency heads and
4department heads as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 that shall identify, recruit, hire, develop,
5promote and retain military veterans and alumni of: (i) the Peace Corps of the United States; (ii)
6AmeriCorps; and (iii) commonwealth student corps established under chapter 192 of the acts of
72007 in non-civil service public hiring practices. The human resources division shall provide
8agency heads or department heads with a certificate confirming a person is a military veterans or
9an alumnus of the Peace Corps of the United States, AmeriCorps and commonwealth student
10corps.