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H2813 • 2025

An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems

An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems

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Sponsor
Paul J. Donato
Last action
2025-11-17
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems

An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2813) of Paul J.
  • Donato relative to filling certain vacancies on retirement boards.
  • 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. 2025-11-17 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-11-17 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-11-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-07-08 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-06-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the fifth member of the public employee retirement systems
By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2813) of Paul J. Donato relative to filling certain vacancies on retirement boards. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2813

SECTION 1: Section 20 of sub-section (4) (b) of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by deleting the third sentence in lines 205-209 of the 2014 Official Edition and inserting the following: "If the fifth member is not chosen by the other four members within ninety days after the expiration or resignation of the term of the fifth member, said member shall be appointed in a city by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council, or in a town by the board of selectmen.

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