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H2866 • 2025

An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca

An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca

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Sponsor
Natalie M. Higgins
Last action
2025-08-25
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca

An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca By Representative Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca By Representative Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2866) of Natalie M.
  • Higgins that the State Retirement Board be authorized to provide certain retirement benefits to Carrie Duff the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca.
  • 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. 2025-08-25 House

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

  2. 2025-05-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 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

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca
By Representative Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2866) of Natalie M. Higgins that the State Retirement Board be authorized to provide certain retirement benefits to Carrie Duff the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2866

(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts State Retirement Board shall provide to Carrie Duff, the surviving beneficiary of former Massachusetts Department of Corrections employee William Manduca, a lifetime, monthly allowance equal to the amount she would receive as if William Manduca had, upon retirement, elected option (d) of subdivision (2) of said section 12 of said chapter 32 and nominated Carrie Duff as his sole surviving eligible beneficiary. The allowance shall be payable as of the date of William Manduca’s death.

(b)

Any retirement benefit provided to Carrie Duff pursuant to this act shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any benefits she may have otherwise received from the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement System as William Manduca’s beneficiary.

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