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H2876 • 2025

An Act relative to amending retirement eligibility

An Act relative to amending retirement eligibility

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Sponsor
Patrick Joseph Kearney
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 relative to amending retirement eligibility

An Act relative to amending retirement eligibility By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to amending retirement eligibility By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2876) of Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to retirement eligibility for certain Group 4 retirees.
  • 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 relative to amending retirement eligibility
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2876) of Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to retirement eligibility for certain Group 4 retirees. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2876

Section 3(2)g of the General Laws in the 2020 Official Edition pertaining to Group 4 state retirement s hereby amended by inserting after the word "more" in line 333, the following:- ",which may include a combination of employment and prior military service up to four years of military service"

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