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H2849 • 2025

An Act amending credible service of the State Staff

An Act amending credible service of the State Staff

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Sponsor
Jessica Ann Giannino
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 amending credible service of the State Staff

An Act amending credible service of the State Staff By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending credible service of the State Staff By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2849) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jacob R.
  • Oliveira relative to credible service for veterans serving as members of the State Staff.
  • 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 amending credible service of the State Staff
By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2849) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jacob R. Oliveira relative to credible service for veterans serving as members of the State Staff. Public Service.

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Bill H.2849

Part 1 – Title IV – Chapter 32 – Section 4 is hereby amended by inserting the following at the end of the 14th paragraph: "For the purpose of determining regular annual compensation for retirement, a veteran, who has also served as a member of the State Staff for the previous 3 years, as defined in Chapter 33, Section 15, shall be entitled to provide makeup payments, for the amount of wages that had been characterized as a housing or subsistence allowance for each year of creditable service where such allowance was not included as part of regular annual compensation contribution, of an amount equal to the ten percent of such housing or subsistence allowance that was then not included in the veteran’s compensation calculation."

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