MA H2737

Bill

Regarding retirement of public authority employee groups

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to retirement of public authority employee groups. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill allows any public authority with employees who are members of a retirement system independent of the Massachusetts State Retirement System and the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System to elect to improve the retirement group classification for any group of their employees by a majority vote of the authority's governing board. The bill explicitly states that nothing in the act shall be construed as authorization to diminish the retirement benefits of public employees by placing any group of employees in a lower group or classification.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (2)

Rady Mom (D)*, Chris Hendricks (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4960 (on 07/05/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2737

(26 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2737
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2737.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2553	Relative to retirement benefits for Mary Donna Nodurf	No further action taken	Similar To
H2576	Defining person for retirement purposes	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H2611	Relative to certain retirement benefits for the surviving spouse of a state police officer injured in the line of duty	Accompanied a new draft, see H5020	Similar To
H2640	Authorizing independent retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies	Joint Committee on Public Service Hearing (10:00 6/9/2021 Virtual Hearing)	Similar To
H2680	Relative to the retirement benefits of Howard S. Levine	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H2727	To study the modernization of retirement systems for future state employees	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H2796	Relative to Mass Port police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H2798	Relative to harbormasters	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H4007	Relative to post-retirement employment of public retirees	Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
H4048	Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill relative to post-retirement employment of public retirees (see House, No. 4007). August 3, 2021	See H4007	Similar To
H4960	Public service matters	No further action taken	Replaced by
H5149	Clarifying the application of judicial retirement law	Pocket veto	Similar To
S1672	To extend veterans retirement buyback opportunities	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1693	Relative to retirement classification	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1696	Relative to retirement for nuclear reactor operators	Accompanied H2682	Similar To
S1707	Relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1711	To authorize a local option for group retirement classification	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1721	Relative to the teachers retirement system	Accompanied H19	Similar To
S1736	Relative to surplus in retirement systems	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1738	Relative to Group 2	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1749	Relative to the retirement of MassPort officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1751	Granting a certain classification and early retirement creditable service to trial court chief probation officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1773	Relative to retirement survivor benefits for Katherine M. McGuinness	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S2539	Authorizing the county of Plymouth to issue pension obligation bonds or notes	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S428	Resolve relative to a special community care retirement communities commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2650	Similar To
S653	Relative to secure choice retirement savings plan	Accompanied a study order, see S2699	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2553

Relative to retirement benefits for Mary Donna Nodurf

No further action taken

Similar To

H2576

Defining person for retirement purposes

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H2611

Relative to certain retirement benefits for the surviving spouse of a state police officer injured in the line of duty

Accompanied a new draft, see H5020

Similar To

H2640

Authorizing independent retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies

Joint Committee on Public Service Hearing (10:00 6/9/2021 Virtual Hearing)

Similar To

H2680

Relative to the retirement benefits of Howard S. Levine

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H2727

To study the modernization of retirement systems for future state employees

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H2796

Relative to Mass Port police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H2798

Relative to harbormasters

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H4007

Relative to post-retirement employment of public retirees

Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2021

Similar To

H4048

Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill relative to post-retirement employment of public retirees (see House, No. 4007). August 3, 2021

See H4007

Similar To

H4960

Public service matters

No further action taken

Replaced by

H5149

Clarifying the application of judicial retirement law

Pocket veto

Similar To

S1672

To extend veterans retirement buyback opportunities

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1693

Relative to retirement classification

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1696

Relative to retirement for nuclear reactor operators

Accompanied H2682

Similar To

S1707

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

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1711

To authorize a local option for group retirement classification

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1721

Relative to the teachers retirement system

Accompanied H19

Similar To

S1736

Relative to surplus in retirement systems

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1738

Relative to Group 2

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1749

Relative to the retirement of MassPort officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1751

Granting a certain classification and early retirement creditable service to trial court chief probation officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S1773

Relative to retirement survivor benefits for Katherine M. McGuinness

Accompanied a study order, see S2679

Similar To

S2539

Authorizing the county of Plymouth to issue pension obligation bonds or notes

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

Similar To

S428

Resolve relative to a special community care retirement communities commission

Accompanied a study order, see S2650

Similar To

S653

Relative to secure choice retirement savings plan

Accompanied a study order, see S2699

Similar To

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