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H2935 • 2025

An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification

An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification

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Sponsor
Edward R. Philips
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 victim witness advocate retirement classification

An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2935) of Edward R.
  • Philips relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification.
  • Public Service.

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  • 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. 2025-12-18 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

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification
By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2935) of Edward R. Philips relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2935

Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 139 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “employees of the trial court of the commonwealth who hold the position of chief probation officer, assistant chief probation officer, probation officer in charge or probation officer, chief court officer, assistant chief court officer or court officer” the following words:- employees holding the title of victim witness advocate as defined by section 1 of chapter 258B who have been employed in such capacity for ten years or more;

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