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H2770 • 2025

An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue

An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue

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Sponsor
Michael S. Chaisson
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue

An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue By Representative Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue By Representative Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2770) of Michael S.
  • Chaisson that the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System be authorized to credit Diane Galanti with certain creditable service benefits.
  • Public Service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-09-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue
By Representative Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2770) of Michael S. Chaisson that the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System be authorized to credit Diane Galanti with certain creditable service benefits. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2770

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System shall credit Diane Galanti, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, with creditable service for the period of December 12, 1988 to June 30, 1999, inclusive, for the purpose of determining her superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of Section 5 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective in the case of Diane Galanti, she shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system in one (1) sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular compensation for such previous service, plus buyback interest.

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