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H2807 • 2025

An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees

An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees

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Sponsor
Kip A. Diggs
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees

An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2807) of Kip A.
  • Diggs relative to the retirement classification of Barnstable County dispatchers and dispatch retirees.
  • Public Service.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Accompanied by H2905

  2. 2026-03-25 House

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

  3. 2025-12-24 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  4. 2025-09-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees
By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2807) of Kip A. Diggs relative to the retirement classification of Barnstable County dispatchers and dispatch retirees. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2807

SECTION 1.

Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, or any other general or special law to the contrary, employees of the towns, who are in the Barnstable county retirement system, employed as police or fire dispatcher operators, managers or supervisors, who were hired on or before January 1, 2023 with a group 2 classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, shall not have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by statute.

SECTION 2.

Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, or any other general or special law to the contrary, members in service, who retired from the Barnstable county retirement system as a police, fire or emergency medical dispatch operator, manager or supervisor with a Group 2 classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, shall not have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by statute.

SECTION 3.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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