KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Massachusetts

H2946 • 2025

An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service

An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service

Labor
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Sean Reid
Last action
2026-01-08
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4901
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service

An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service By Representative Reid of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service By Representative Reid of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2946) of Sean Reid relative to enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service.
  • 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. 2026-01-08 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4901

  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

Official Summary Text

An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service
By Representative Reid of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2946) of Sean Reid relative to enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
×

Bill H.2946

Section 4 of Chapter 32 Section 4 (1) is hereby amended by adding the following section:

(t) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a member in service who took an unpaid leave or leaves of absence in excess of one month due to the birth or adoption of a child(ren) may establish as creditable service the period or periods of unpaid leave in excess of one month by paying into the annuity savings fund of the applicable retirement system before any retirement allowance becomes effective for the member, in a lump sum or in installments, upon the terms and conditions that the applicable board of retirement prescribes, makeup payments of an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions for the service the employee otherwise would have paid into the retirement system. Such creditable service buyback shall be limited to a total of two years.

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The General Court provides this information as a public service and while we endeavor to keep the data accurate and current to the best of our ability, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Close