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H2902 • 2025

An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders

An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders

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Sponsor
Jay D. Livingstone
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders

An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2902) of Jay D.
  • Livingstone for legislation to establish retirement parity for long term public defenders.
  • 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. 2026-04-13 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5356 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-12-18 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-10-06 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders
By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2902) of Jay D. Livingstone for legislation to establish retirement parity for long term public defenders. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2902

Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "attorneys”, in line 328, the following words:-

,attorneys, investigators, social workers and social service advocates who have been employed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services for 10 years or more.

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