MA S1484

Bill

Relative to survivor retirement benefits

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to survivor retirement benefits. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 32, Section 94B(2) of the Massachusetts General Laws. It extends the time period for a survivor to receive retirement benefits from 5 years to 10 years. It also adds language to ensure that any secondary cancer developed by a person who retires under this section is covered in accordance with Section 9 of Chapter 32. These changes aim to provide more comprehensive survivor retirement benefits.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (11)

Michael Brady (D), Nick Collins (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Feeney (D), Barry Finegold (D), Colleen Garry (D), Jim Hawkins (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Marc Pacheco (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2545 (on 02/18/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1484

(16 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1484
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1484.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2210	Relative to firefighter retirement benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2229	Directing the State Board of Retirement to grant certain retirement benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2239	Relative to call and volunteer firefighters and EMTs	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2264	Relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2290	Relative to firefighter training	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2359	Providing for binding arbitration for firefighters and police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2502	Providing volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians with a local option real estate tax exemption	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H3054	Relative to distinctive registration plates for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H4772	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H4104	Relative to the commonwealth's fire departments	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
S1241	Relative to firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see S2683	Similar To
S1483	Concerning health insurance benefits for surviving spouses of firefighters in the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S1546	Relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters	Accompanied H2378	Similar To
S2338	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]	Similar To
S2349	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S2545	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Service to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public service issues	Reported (in part) by S1477	Replaced by

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2210

Relative to firefighter retirement benefits

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2229

Directing the State Board of Retirement to grant certain retirement benefits

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

Similar To

H2239

Relative to call and volunteer firefighters and EMTs

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2264

Relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H2290

Relative to firefighter training

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

Similar To

H2359

Providing for binding arbitration for firefighters and police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2502

Providing volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians with a local option real estate tax exemption

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Similar To

H3054

Relative to distinctive registration plates for firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see H4772

Similar To

H4006

Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see H5031

Similar To

H4104

Relative to the commonwealth's fire departments

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

S1241

Relative to firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see S2683

Similar To

S1483

Concerning health insurance benefits for surviving spouses of firefighters in the city of Boston

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S1546

Relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters

Accompanied H2378

Similar To

S2338

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]

Similar To

S2349

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S2545

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Service to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public service issues

Reported (in part) by S1477

Replaced by

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