S2907 • 2025

An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters

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Sponsor: Pavel M. Payano
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters

An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters By Mr.

What This Bill Does

An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters By Mr.
Payano, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
2907) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Pavel M.
Payano for legislation to establish credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters.

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Bill History

2026-05-07 Senate
Discharged from committee and recommitted to the committee on Public Service
2026-03-19 Senate
Accompanied a study order (under JR10), see S3019
2026-01-27 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-01-17 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-01-12 House
House concurred
2025-08-07 Senate
Rules suspended
2025-08-07 Senate
Referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-03-31 Senate
Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters
By Mr. Payano, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2907) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Pavel M. Payano for legislation to establish credible service for eligible police officers and firefighters. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2907

SECTION 1. Section 4 (2) (c) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:-

In the case of any member of the police and fire department who is part of the contributory retirement system in a municipality within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shall be eligible for credible service for the time the member would have served but for being bypassed on an eligible Civil Service hiring list before being initially appointed as a police officer or firefighter.

SECTION 2. The bypassed member shall meet the following criteria. (a) the member was on an eligible list to be hired as a police officer or firefighter, (b) the member was skipped or bypassed for another person with a lower rank on the civil service hiring list for a municipality (c) the member was granted relief by an order or agreement approved by the Civil Service Commission, pursuant to MGL c. 534 of the Acts of 1976 as amended by c. 310 of the Acts of 1993, after a by-pass appeal, placing the member back on the eligible hiring list, and (d) member accepts the first available permanent appointment offered to the member by the municipality.

SECTION 3. The bypassed member shall be credited with active full-time service from the bypass date to the date of the member’s permanent appointment so as long as the member pays into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system an amount equal to the accumulated regular deductions that the member would have paid together with regular interest, at the rate of compensation the member would have received during the credible service period.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect 90 days after enactment.

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