HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 297        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2514

 

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

2nd Berkshire

1/11/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

1/24/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/6/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/3/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 297        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2514

By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2514) 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. 2639 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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, 2023, 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.