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H2844 • 2025

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

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Sponsor
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
Last action
2025-09-11
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2844) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to death benefits for surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters.
  • Public Service.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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. 2025-09-11 House

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

  2. 2025-05-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2844) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to death benefits for surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2844

SECTION 1. Section 9C½ of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 6, after the figure ”26,” the following words:- and such children who are over the age of 19 and physically or mentally incapacitated from earnings.

SECTION 2. Said section 9C½ of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is further amended by striking out, in line 7, the following words:-

continue to

SECTION 3. Said section 9C½ of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 15, the words “100 per cent of the premium” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

a premium at the same rate as retirees of the governmental unit from time to time as part of the total cost.

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