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H3853 • 2025

An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses

An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses

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Sponsor
Daniel J. Hunt
Last action
2025-10-28
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses

An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3853) of Daniel J.
  • Hunt and John C.
  • Velis relative to annuities for Gold Star Spouses.

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. 2025-10-28 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:10 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  2. 2025-10-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3853) of Daniel J. Hunt and John C. Velis relative to annuities for Gold Star Spouses. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3853

SECTION 1. Section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in paragraph 3, the words “, provided, that the surviving spouse does not remarry,”.

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