H2940 • 2025

An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F

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Sponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
Last action: 2025-09-25
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F

An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2940) of Angelo J.
Puppolo, Jr., relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F.
Public Service.

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Bill History

2025-09-25 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-25 House
Rules suspended
2025-09-25 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-08 House
Accompanied by H2978
2025-09-08 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-05-22 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F
By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2940) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.2940

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Section 111 F of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:

For any police officer or fire fighter subject to this Section, who is granted an accidental disability retirement pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, and said accidental disability retirement is not based on presumptions pursuant to Sections 94, 94A or 94B of Chapter 32, any absence from duty caused by the condition which resulted in said accidental disability retirement pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, shall be regarded as leave pursuant to this Section, and if said police officer or fire fighter was not previously granted leave pursuant to this Section, shall have such absence retroactively so granted, and any pay or other personnel actions implicated by such retroactive granting of leave pursuant to this Section shall be taken by the employer.

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