HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 254        FILED ON: 1/15/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2639

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/14/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/21/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/22/2021

Steven C. Owens

29th Middlesex

1/25/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

1/28/2021

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/9/2021

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/19/2021

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/22/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/24/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/24/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/26/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/26/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/26/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

5/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 254        FILED ON: 1/15/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2639

By Ms. Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2639) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others relative to pension benefits for surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2246 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 100 of Chapter 32 of Massachusetts General Laws is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:-

Effective January 1, 2020, social workers at the Department of Children and Families shall be eligible for this benefit.  The Massachusetts State Board of Retirement shall promulgate regulations under which conditions a DCF social worker can be eligible.