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S1445 • 2025

An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone

An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone

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Sponsor
Ryan C. Fattman
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone

An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone By Mr.
  • Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1445) of Ryan C.
  • Fattman and Michael J.

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. 2026-02-19 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-19 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-19 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-09-15 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  8. 2025-05-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  10. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone
By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1445) of Ryan C. Fattman and Michael J. Soter (by vote of the town) for legislation to regulate certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1445

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 32B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, an elected or appointed official of the town of Blackstone who receives a stipend shall not be eligible for participation in the town’s contributory health and life insurance plans unless the official pays to the town 100 percent of the cost of participation in the plans, plus any administrative costs that may be assessed by the Board of Selectmen.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 1, the Town Clerk and Treasurer-Collector shall remain eligible for participation in the town’s contributory health and life insurance plans at the same rate of contribution as nonunion employees of the Town.

SECTION 3. Section 1 shall apply starting with the successor to each incumbent stipend elected or appointed official at the time this act takes effect and shall not affect the eligibility or contribution rate for any current stipend elected or appointed officials of the Town of Blackstone for the Town’s contributory health and life insurance plans so long as such officials hold their current position.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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