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H2911 • 2025

An Act relative to veteran buy backs

An Act relative to veteran buy backs

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Sponsor
Paul McMurtry
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 veteran buy backs

An Act relative to veteran buy backs By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to veteran buy backs By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2911) of Paul McMurtry relative to applications for public employee retirement system creditable service buy backs for veterans.
  • 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 veteran buy backs
By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2911) of Paul McMurtry relative to applications for public employee retirement system creditable service buy backs for veterans. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2911

SECTION 1. The fourth paragraph of paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, members in service of a retirement system eligible for creditable service under this paragraph may make application for said creditable service at any time.

SECTION 2. Section 3 of chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 468 of the acts of 2002, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third paragraphs.

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