MA H3441

Bill

Regarding pay parity for Correction Officers of the fourteen county Sheriffs' Offices

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

By Mrs. Poirier of North Attleborough, a petition of Elizabeth A. Poirier and others that correction officers of county sheriffs' offices use the same pay scale and rates as correction officers employed by the Department of Correction. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish pay parity between correction officers employed by the fourteen county Sheriffs' Offices and those employed by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The bill defines "Correction Officer" and requires the Sheriffs' Office correction officers to be paid according to the same pay scale and rates as the Department of Correction officers. The compensation adjustment would be phased in over three years, with incremental payments annually, to achieve full pay parity.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (47)

Bruce Ayers (D), Jay Barrows (R), Michael Brady (D), Edward Coppinger (D), William Crocker (R), Angelo D'Emilia (R), David DeCoste (R), Viriato deMacedo (R), Shawn Dooley (R), Peter Durant (R), Paul Feeney (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Carole Fiola (D), Susan Gifford (R), Anne Gobi (D), Pat Haddad (D), Sheila Harrington (R), Jim Hawkins (D), Stephen Hay (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Steven Howitt (R), Randy Hunt (R), Hannah Kane (R), Patrick Kearney (D), Marc Lombardo (R), Christopher Markey (D), Joe McKenna (R), Mike Moore (D), Dave Muradian (R), Matt Muratore (R), James Murphy (D), Shaunna O'Connell (R), Norm Orrall (R), Elizabeth Poirier (R), Michael Rodrigues (D), Paul Schmid (D), Alan Silvia (D), Mike Soter (R), Tom Stanley (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Dean Tran (R), Paul Tucker (D), John Velis (D), Dave Vieira (R), Timothy Whelan (R), Donald Wong (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5081 (on 11/12/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3441

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3441
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3441.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1393	Relative to prison mitigation	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2073	To ensure pay parity for county sheriffs' correction officers and jail officers	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2286	To provide certain employees in the department of corrections with line of duty death benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2326	Relative to retirees of the department of corrections	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2343	Relative to ensure fairness for certain employees of the department of corrections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H5081	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1135	To transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1464	Relative to public safety vehicles	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To

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