Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, September 15, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Individuals and Creditable Service

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Monday, September 15 2025

1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Hearing Room A1

The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following bills:

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 November 14, 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 October 6, 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 here. Deadline to sign up is Thursday September 11, 2025 at 5:00pm.

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 -- 9-15-2025	9/15/2025 1:00 PM	01:05:34

Individuals and Creditable Service 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2994	An Act relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Bud L. Williams
H.2963	An Act relative to veterans' buyback	Alan Silvia
H.2957	An Act relative to veterans' buyback	Adam J. Scanlon
H.2946	An Act enabling employees on unpaid parental leave to purchase creditable service	Sean Reid
H.2938	An Act requiring creditable service for Massachusetts National Guard service	Bridget Plouffe
H.2927	An Act authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service	James J. O'Day
H.2923	An Act relative to credible service for VISTA volunteers	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.2911	An Act relative to veteran buy backs	Paul McMurtry
H.2887	An Act relative to credible service for school nurses	Kathleen R. LaNatra
H.2883	An Act clarifying call firefighter rights	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2876	An Act relative to amending retirement eligibility	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.2873	An Act providing creditable service for certain teachers	Daniel J. Hunt
H.2865	An Act relative to teacher’s retirement buyback for former parochial school teachers	Natalie M. Higgins
H.2849	An Act amending credible service of the State Staff	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2831	An Act establishing a credible service commission	Paul K. Frost
H.2830	An Act relative to credible service positions	Paul K. Frost
H.2797	An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers	Mark J. Cusack
H.2795	An Act authorizing public employees' creditable retirement service	Mark J. Cusack
H.2757	An Act to ensure fairness in retirement benefits for institutional teachers	David Biele
H.2744	An Act relative to veterans' buyback	Shirley B. Arriaga
S.1915	An Act clarifying call firefighter rights	John C. Velis
S.1913	An Act regulating education administrator retirement	John C. Velis
S.1905	An Act clarifying military buyback options	Michael F. Rush
S.1901	An Act relative to veterans creditable service	Michael F. Rush
S.1900	An Act relative to non-public school service	Michael F. Rush
S.1897	An Act amending credible service of the State Staff	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1888	An Act relative to the retirement of MassPort officers	Michael O. Moore
S.1875	An Act relative to the active service buy-back program for firefighters and police officers	Jason M. Lewis
S.1874	An Act relative to out of state service for education professionals	Jason M. Lewis
S.1864	An Act relative to the creditable service of former employees of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency	Barry R. Finegold
S.1833	An Act relative to Peace Corps creditable service	Peter J. Durant
S.1828	An Act relative to veterans' buyback	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1811	An Act relative to public safety officers and creditable service	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1790	An Act relative to creditable service for elected officials	Michael D. Brady
S.1787	An Act relative to credible service for school nurses	Michael D. Brady
S.1883	An Act authorizing the State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Paul Lemelin	Paul W. Mark
H.4317	An Act to JBCC FD retirement buy-back	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.4215	An Act regarding the disability pension of Christopher Taylor	Donald H. Wong
H.2921	An Act relative to retirement benefits	Frank A. Moran
H.2833	An Act directing the State Board of Retirement to grant certain retirement benefits	Dennis C. Gallagher
H.2827	An Act authorizing Jeremiah Z. Valli to purchase creditable service from the Barnstable County Retirement Board	Christopher Richard Flanagan
H.2792	An Act relative to retirement benefits for Brian P. Costello Jr	Mark J. Cusack
H.2770	An Act relative to a retirement buyback issue	Michael S. Chaisson
H.2762	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System to grant credible service to Kellie Martin	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.2759	An Act authorizing the State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Paul Lemelin	Natalie M. Blais

Present (4)

Daniel J. Ryan (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Absent (7)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)
*

Colleen M. Garry (HOU)
*

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)
*

John Francis Moran (HOU)
*

David Allen Robertson (HOU)
*

Alan Silvia (HOU)
*

Todd M. Smola (HOU)
*

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