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H2990 • 2025

An Act relative to timely retirement payment

An Act relative to timely retirement payment

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Sponsor
Tommy Vitolo
Last action
2025-10-06
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to timely retirement payment

An Act relative to timely retirement payment By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to timely retirement payment By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2990) of Tommy Vitolo relative to timely retirement payments to retiring public employees.
  • Public Service.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-06 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-06-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/25/2025 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 relative to timely retirement payment
By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2990) of Tommy Vitolo relative to timely retirement payments to retiring public employees. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2990

Paragraph (B) of subdivision (1) of Section 13 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following after the words “allowance becomes effective.”, the following:

“In the event circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control prevent the calculation of the full monthly payment by the first such full payment date, the retirement board shall pay 90% of its estimated full monthly payment until such time as the circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control are corrected. On an annual basis, the retirement board will notify the House and the Senate of all circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control that prevented the calculation of the full monthly payment by the first such full payment date.”

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