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H3284 • 2025

An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers

An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers

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Sponsor
James C. Arena-DeRosa
Last action
2025-12-18
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers

An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3284) of James C.
  • Arena-DeRosa and Samantha Montaño relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-18 House

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

  2. 2025-10-06 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  3. 2025-10-06 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers
By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3284) of James C. Arena-DeRosa and Samantha Montaño relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3284

Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 10 of chapter 238 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 4T the following section:-

Section 4U. The human resources division shall establish a program for agency heads and department heads as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 that shall identify, recruit, hire, develop, promote and retain military veterans and alumni of: (i) the Peace Corps of the United States; (ii) AmeriCorps; and (iii) commonwealth student corps established under chapter 192 of the acts of 2007 in non-civil service public hiring practices. The human resources division shall provide agency heads or department heads with a certificate confirming a person is a military veterans or an alumnus of the Peace Corps of the United States, AmeriCorps and commonwealth student corps.

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