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S2574 • 2025

An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston

An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Collins, Nick
Last action
2026-06-22
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 109 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston

An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston By Mr.
  • Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2574) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Nick Collins and Daniel J.
  • Hunt for legislation to provide accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of Mathew M.

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. 2026-06-22 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 109 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-06-15 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-06-15 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-06-11 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  5. 2026-03-05 House

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

  6. 2026-03-05 House

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-03-05 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. 2026-02-05 House

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

  9. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  10. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  11. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-11-17 Senate

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

  13. 2025-09-10 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  14. 2025-09-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1

  15. 2025-07-30 House

    House concurred

  16. 2025-06-12 Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. 2025-06-12 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  18. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

Official Summary Text

An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston
By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2574) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Nick Collins and Daniel J. Hunt for legislation to provide accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of Mathew M. Troy, a former firefighter of the City of Boston. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2574

Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, there shall be paid an accidental death benefit from the Boston Retirement Board to Rachel Marie Troy, the surviving spouse of Mathew M. Troy, a former Firefighter of the City of Boston, who died as a result of a condition of impairment of health, including Cholangiocarcinoma, suffered while performing the essential duties of a Firefighter. The benefits shall be paid and administered in accordance with Section 9 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Rachel Marie Troy shall receive a lump sum payment from the Boston Retirement Board equal to the total accumulate retirement deductions paid by Mathew M. Troy into the annuity savings fund.

Section 2.

Such an accidental death benefit allowance shall consist of a yearly amount of pension equal to seventy-two percent of the annual rate of regular compensation of such member on the date such injury was sustained or such hazard was undergone, or equal to seventy-two percent of the average annual rate of compensation for the twelve-month period for which he last received regular compensation immediately preceding the date of his death, whichever is greater.

Section 3. Rachel Marie Troy, the surviving spouse of Mathew M. Troy, a former Firefighter of the City of Boston, shall be afforded the opportunity to retain medical insurance coverage equivalent to such coverage that Matthew M. Troy would have been entitled to if he had retired from the City of Boston.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage

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