Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Monday, June 2, 2025
Start Time:: 1:00 PM
Location:: A-2 and Virtual
Event Description: Disability/Line of Duty; Health Presumptions



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 August 1, 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, https://malegislature.gov/. 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 and Donna.LoConte@masenate.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair. Please submit by Monday June 16 , 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 Seda.Korroch@mahouse.gov. Deadline to sign up is Friday, May 30, 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 - 6-2-2025	6/2/2025 1:00 PM	00:36:53

Agenda

Disability/Line of Duty; Health Presumptions 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4147	An Act relative to retirement benefits for Joseph Suppa	Kathleen R. LaNatra
H.3001	An Act supporting disabled first responders	Steven George Xiarhos
H.2969	An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill	Todd M. Smola
H.2964	An Act providing for disability and death benefits for explosive device canine handlers and bomb technicians	Alan Silvia
H.2962	An Act relative to the commonwealth's fire departments	Danillo A. Sena
H.2941	An Act providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety officers	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
H.2918	An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters	Rita A. Mendes
H.2913	An Act relative to public safety line of duty benefits	Paul McMurtry
H.2897	An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits	David Paul Linsky
H.2877	An Act relative to disability pensions for violent crimes	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.2863	An Act to provide certain employees in the department of corrections with line of duty death benefits	James K. Hawkins
H.2862	An Act relative to the retirement benefits of Howard S. Levine	James K. Hawkins
H.2860	An Act relative to maintenance of physical examinations records for public safety personnel	James K. Hawkins
H.2857	An Act relative to court officers injured in service of the state	Richard M. Haggerty
H.2856	An Act relative to line-of-duty death and survivor benefits	Richard M. Haggerty
H.2848	An Act aligning disability pensions for violent crimes	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2845	An Act relative to accrued leave while awaiting a determination of 111F	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2844	An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.2840	An Act relative to 911 emergency communicators	Judith A. Garcia
H.2821	An Act to provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
S.1851	An Act relative to maintenance of physical examinations records for public safety personnel	Paul R. Feeney
S.1845	An Act relative to 911 emergency telecommunicators inclusion in the heart bill	Paul R. Feeney
S.1818	An Act relative to the commonwealth's fire departments	Julian Cyr
S.1810	An Act relative to ordinary disability retirements	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1792	An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters	Michael D. Brady
S.1835	An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters	James B. Eldridge

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