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H2997 • 2025

An Act relative to Mass Port police officers

An Act relative to Mass Port police officers

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Sponsor
Steven George Xiarhos
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 Mass Port police officers

An Act relative to Mass Port police officers By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to Mass Port police officers By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2997) of Steven George Xiarhos that certain employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority be included in Group 4 of the contributory retirement system for public employees.
  • Public Service.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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. 2026-03-25 House

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

  2. 2025-12-24 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-09-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to Mass Port police officers
By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2997) of Steven George Xiarhos that certain employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority be included in Group 4 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2997

Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Editions, is hereby further amended by inserting in the description of Group 4 in paragraph (g) of subdivision (2), in line 268, after the words fire control men; the following:--- employees of the Massachusetts port authority who are employed as port officers and supervisors of said employees who shall include port sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, directors;

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