MA H2317

Bill

MA H2317

Providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to line of duty death benefits for public employees. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill aims to provide fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees. It amends existing laws to increase the one-time payment to the family of a deceased public employee from any state, county, municipal, or public education institution who was killed or died as a direct result of their duties, from $150,000 to $300,000. It also expands the definition of "public employee" in the existing law to include a broader range of public sector workers beyond just public safety employees.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (7)

Michelle Ciccolo (D), Sean Garballey (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Patrick Kearney (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Mike Soter (R), José Tosado (D),

Last Action

Accompanied S1554 (on 01/06/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2317

(16 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2317
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2317.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1602	Protecting the right to strike	Accompanied a study order, see H5123	Similar To
H1674	Relative to ensuring fairness in public employee workers' compensation benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2196	Relative to certain option B and option C retirees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2197	Relative to ordinary disability retirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2243	Relative to the cap on work hours for retirees	Accompanied H2213	Similar To
H2342	Authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2386	Relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H638	To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process	Accompanied a study order, see H4403	Similar To
S1508	To provide certain retirement benefits and medical benefits to the widow and children of Everett Firefighter Thaddeus M Baxter, Jr.	New draft substituted, see S2332	Similar To
S1511	Relative to collective bargaining	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1543	Resolve establishing a study on alternative retirement benefits of public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1544	Resolve establishing a study on providing absolute social security coverage for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1554	Providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Replaced by
S1596	Relative to line of duty death benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S2332	Authorizing the city of Everett to provide certain death, retirement and medical benefits to the widow and children of deceased firefighter Thaddeus M Baxter, Jr.	Enacted and laid before the Governor	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1602

Protecting the right to strike

Accompanied a study order, see H5123

Similar To

H1674

Relative to ensuring fairness in public employee workers' compensation benefits

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H2196

Relative to certain option B and option C retirees

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H2197

Relative to ordinary disability retirements

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2243

Relative to the cap on work hours for retirees

Accompanied H2213

Similar To

H2342

Authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2386

Relative to veterans retirement and pensions

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H4006

Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see H5031

Similar To

H638

To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

Accompanied a study order, see H4403

Similar To

S1508

To provide certain retirement benefits and medical benefits to the widow and children of Everett Firefighter Thaddeus M Baxter, Jr.

New draft substituted, see S2332

Similar To

S1511

Relative to collective bargaining

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1543

Resolve establishing a study on alternative retirement benefits of public employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1544

Resolve establishing a study on providing absolute social security coverage for public employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1554

Providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Replaced by

S1596

Relative to line of duty death benefits

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S2332

Authorizing the city of Everett to provide certain death, retirement and medical benefits to the widow and children of deceased firefighter Thaddeus M Baxter, Jr.

Enacted and laid before the Governor

Similar To

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