MA H5356

Bill

MA H5356

Study Order

Introduced
04/13/2026

In Committee
04/13/2026

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead

Introduced Session

194th General Court

Bill Summary

Relativerelative to civil service law, retirement benefits and other public service related issues

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Public Service (Joint)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on House Rules (on 04/13/2026)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5356

(43 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location	Created
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5356	04/13/2026
BillText	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5356.pdf	04/13/2026

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2743	Relative to harbormasters	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2747	Relative to the definition of Group 4 of the state retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2767	Establishing a commission to resolve issues arising from collective bargaining stalemates	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2768	Relative to licensed electricians employed at regional school districts	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2774	Relative to the definition of Group 4 of the retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2776	Relative to municipal building officials	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2777	Relative to employee retirement	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2783	Relative to the definition of group two of the public employee retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2784	Relative to the definition of Group 4 of the retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2788	Relative to certain licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2805	Authorizing the South Shore Charter School to join the State Employees Retirement System	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2815	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2819	Relative to retirement group reclassification	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2820	Streamlining state employee collective bargaining	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2829	Relative to harbormasters	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2832	Relative to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System benefit calculation	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2838	Designating certain employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2839	Relative to retirement benefits for care givers at the Soldiers' Homes	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2869	To amend retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Youth Services	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2870	To amend retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Youth Services	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2882	Relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2894	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2898	Relative to the retirement rights of criminal prosecutors	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2899	Relative to supporting social workers	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2902	Establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2908	Souza's Law - Change MassDOT Highway workers from Group 1 to Group 4	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2920	Relative to telecommunicators in Barnstable and Dukes Counties	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2928	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Children and Families	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2943	Relative to employment benefits of certain employees of the Department of Developmental Services	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2947	Recategorizing DMH, DPH, and DDS police	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2948	Regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2949	Regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2951	Relative to the equitable merger of the Group 4 and Group 2 retirement classifications of the University of Massachusetts police	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2959	Relative to exemptions for civil service laws	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2972	Designating certain Unit 9 employees of the Massachusetts Department of Correction to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system.	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2975	Further regulating the retirement rights of certain employees	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2981	Relative to retirement benefits for installation security officers	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2982	Relative to electronic monitoring department personnel pension group classification	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H3000	Relative to the retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H3902	Authorizing the town of Stoughton to exempt all Stoughton police officers at all ranks from civil service	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4177	Exempting certain positions of the police department in the town of Lancaster from the civil service law	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4268	To authorize the Wrentham Select Board to remove the position of lieutenant of the town of Wrentham Police Department from the requirements of M.G.L. Ch. 31	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4474	Relative to provisional employees of the city of Worcester and exempting certain positions from the civil service law	Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2743

Relative to harbormasters