MA S1744

Bill

Relative to the active service buy-back program for firefighters and police officers

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to the active service buy-back program for firefighters and police officers. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill amends the General Laws of Massachusetts to allow veterans who have creditable service as firefighters or police officers to purchase creditable service for their active duty in the armed forces of the United States at the same rate as firefighters or police officers. This provides veterans who work in these public service roles the same ability to buy back their military service time for the purposes of their retirement benefits as their non-veteran colleagues.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Jason Lewis (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2679 (on 02/10/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1744

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1744
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1744.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2673	Relative to residency	No further action taken	Similar To
H2736	Relative to correct inequities regarding the retirement of state-employed and special authority-employed police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H2786	Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses	No further action taken	Similar To
H5172	Authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments	Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S1618	Relative to public safety on private college and university campuses	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1707	Relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1750	Relative to line of duty death benefits for private college and university police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1867	Relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2398	Relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2679	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 matters	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2673

Relative to residency

No further action taken

Similar To

H2736

Relative to correct inequities regarding the retirement of state-employed and special authority-employed police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H2786

Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses

No further action taken

Similar To

H5172

Authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments

Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S1618

Relative to public safety on private college and university campuses

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

Similar To

S1707

Relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1750

Relative to line of duty death benefits for private college and university police officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1867

Relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S2398

Relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters

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

Similar To

S2679

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 matters

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

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