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H2885 • 2025

An Act relative to public safety dispatchers

An Act relative to public safety dispatchers

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Sponsor
Meghan K. Kilcoyne
Last action
2026-03-25
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 public safety dispatchers

An Act relative to public safety dispatchers By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to public safety dispatchers By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2885) of Meghan K.
  • Kilcoyne relative to retirement benefits for public safety dispatchers.
  • 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. 2026-03-25 House

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

  2. 2025-12-24 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-09-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to public safety dispatchers
By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2885) of Meghan K. Kilcoyne relative to retirement benefits for public safety dispatchers. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2885

Section 3 of Chapter 32 subsection (2) (g) of the General Laws (Group 2) is hereby amended by inserting after the words “signal maintenance repairmen” the words: “public safety communications dispatchers, supervisors or operations managers”

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