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H2797 • 2025

An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers

An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers

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Sponsor
Mark J. Cusack
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 creditable service for MBTA police officers

An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2797) of Mark J.
  • Cusack relative to creditable service for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police officers.
  • Public Service.

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  • 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 creditable service for MBTA police officers
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2797) of Mark J. Cusack relative to creditable service for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police officers. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2797

Paragraph (g) of clause (2) of section 3 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 248, by inserting the following:-

Any publicly employed law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency, as defined in section1 of chapter 6E, who has previous public safety experience as a member of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department, shall be eligible to count creditable years of service in the Commonwealth to the local or state retirement system; provided that said law enforcement officer shall be required to pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system in one sum, or in installments, upon conditions as the retirement board or authority shall prescribe, an amount equal to the accumulated regular deductions otherwise payable by the officer had they been an active member of the law enforcement agency, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E, at the time of the aforesaid employment, together with regular interest thereon up to his first day of employment in a a public law enforcement agency as defined in section1 of chapter 6E.

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