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H2897 • 2025

An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits

An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits

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Sponsor
David Paul Linsky
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 public safety employee death benefits

An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2897) of David Paul Linsky for legislation to include public works employees for killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefits.
  • 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 public safety employee death benefits
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2897) of David Paul Linsky for legislation to include public works employees for killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefits. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2897

SECTION 1:

Section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the words “correction officer” in line 21, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, the words “and Department of Public Works employee”.

SECTION 2: This act shall take effect upon its passing.

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