Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, May 12, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Individuals; Home Rules

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by Friday, July 11, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Public Service page

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at Seda.Korroch@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair. Please submit by Monday, May 26, 2025 at 5:00pm:

CHAIR DANIEL J. RYAN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE

ATTN: SEDA KORROCH

24 BEACON ST ROOM 156

BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email to Seda Korroch at Seda.Korroch@mahouse.gov. Deadline to sign up is Friday, May 9, 2025 at 5:00pm

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

1. Name;

2. Organization you represent;

3. Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

4. Mailing address;

5. Email address;

6. Telephone number;

7. In-person or remote testimony;

8. Bills testifying on;

9. Whether support or oppose.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Daniel J. Ryan. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Seda Korroch at (Seda.Korroch@mahouse.gov). House Chair Ryan’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2240.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Service - 5-12-2025	5/12/2025 1:00 PM	00:44:31

Individual; Home Rules 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2989	An Act relative to creditable service for Wayne Taylor	David T. Vieira
H.2880	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to Heather Leger	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2864	An Act authorizing the city of New Bedford Retirement Board to provide certain retirement benefits to Lavar Gilbert	Christopher Hendricks
H.2998	An Act authorizing Thomas Harmon to purchase creditable service from the Barnstable County Retirement Board	Steven George Xiarhos
H.2977	An Act relative to creditable service for Wendy Lopriore, a member of the Massachusetts teachers' retirement system	Justin Thurber
H.2976	An Act relative to creditable service for Eileen Mullen, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ retirement system	Mark D. Sylvia
H.2804	An Act authorizing the Plymouth County Retirement System to grant creditable service to Judy Hartigan	David F. DeCoste
H.2803	An Act authorizing the Plymouth County Retirement System to grant creditable service to David Osborne	David F. DeCoste
H.2931	An Act relative to earnings limitations for Michael Sacco for calendar year 2023	Kelly W. Pease
H.3964	An Act authorizing Edward E. Kivari Jr. to purchase creditable service from the Hampden county regional retirement board	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
H.2996	An Act relative to the retirement benefits of Virginia E. Cummings	Steven George Xiarhos
H.2970	An Act relative to providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service	Todd M. Smola
H.2942	An Act providing for certain retirement benefits for the surviving beneficiary of Brandon Arakelian	Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
H.3901	An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law	David Paul Linsky
H.4031	An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.3916	An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer	Kelly W. Pease
H.3915	An Act providing for violent act injury retirement benefits for retirement police officer Leo MacAskill	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2958	An Act authorizing Thomas Struthers to purchase creditable service from the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board	Margaret R. Scarsdale
H.2955	An Act Authorizing the State Retirement Board to Retire Jamie J. Magarian, a Uniformed Member of the Department of State Police at the Regular Rate of Compensation	Aaron L. Saunders
H.2936	An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Coulter	Edward R. Philips
H.2917 A	An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District	Paul McMurtry
H.2866	An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Manduca	Natalie M. Higgins
S.1898	An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers to perform police details in the town of Plainville	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.1806	An Act relative to the appointment of special police officers in the city of Newton	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1837	An Act relative to the Blackstone Valley vocational regional school district	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1841	An Act regarding the disability pension for Michael Palmer	Ryan C. Fattman

Present (6)

Daniel J. Ryan (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

John Francis Moran (HOU)

David Allen Robertson (HOU)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Absent (5)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)
*

Colleen M. Garry (HOU)
*

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)
*

Alan Silvia (HOU)
*

Todd M. Smola (HOU)
*

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