H4147 • 2025

An Act relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa

Active

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

Sponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra
Last action: 2025-09-11
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
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 relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa

An Act relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa By Representative LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kathleen R.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa By Representative LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kathleen R.
LaNatra and Patrick M.
O'Connor that the Massachusetts State Board of Retirement be authorized to credit Joseph Suppa with certain 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

2025-09-11 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-05-28 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-05-19 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-05-15 House
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-03-27 House
Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa
By Representative LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kathleen R. LaNatra and Patrick M. O'Connor that the Massachusetts State Board of Retirement be authorized to credit Joseph Suppa with certain creditable service. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

×

Bill H.4147

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts State Board of Retirement shall credit Joseph Suppa, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, with creditable service for the period of 3/1/2004 to 1/29/2007 and, 1/29/2011 to 7/15/2011 for employment with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, for the purpose of determining retirement benefits pursuant to sections 5 or 10 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Joseph Suppa must satisfy all other applicable eligibility requirements for a retirement allowance as set forth in Chapter 32 of the General Laws, and under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Retirement. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective Joseph Suppa shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the Massachusetts State Retirement System in one (1) sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the Massachusetts State Retirement Board may prescribe, an amount equal to the retirement contributions such member would have otherwise paid into the Massachusetts State Retirement System from his regular compensation for such previous service, plus buyback interest.

SECTION 2. Joseph Suppa shall have a period of 5 years from the passage of this act in order to exercise the buy-back options as authorized in Section 1 and Section 2 of this bill.

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