Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, September 22, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Retirement and Miscellaneous

Please note the Committee will only hear testimony for sections 18, 19, 83, 84, and 88 of H.56 An Act empowering municipalities and local governments

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 21, 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 13, 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 18, 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 - 9-22-2025	9/22/2025 1:00 PM	02:03:01

Retirement and Miscellaneous 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2742	An Act relative to cost of living adjustments for retired public employees of the Commonwealth	James Arciero
H.2743	An Act relative to harbormasters	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.2749	An Act relative to the town of Plymouth Harbormaster employees	Michelle L. Badger
H.2754	An Act relative to employment of attorneys by county retirement boards	David Biele
H.2758	An Act relative to vacation time for employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans	Natalie M. Blais
H.2761	An Act to relative to the revolving door between regulatory agencies and regulated industry	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.2764	An Act relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel	Daniel Cahill
H.2767	An Act establishing a commission to resolve issues arising from collective bargaining stalemates	Daniel Cahill
H.2778	An Act relative to collective bargaining	Tackey Chan
H.2780	An Act relative to collective bargaining	Tackey Chan
H.2868	An Act further regulating the compensation of members of the General Court	Russell E. Holmes
H.2884	An Act relative to veteran inclusion	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2888	An Act relative to the Insurance Advisory Committee	Kathleen R. LaNatra
H.2916	An Act relative to survivor’s benefits for the spouses of retired state troopers	Paul McMurtry
H.2926	An Act further defining a quorum of the Worcester Regional Retirement System Board Advisory Council	James J. O'Day
H.2930	An Act to modernize and streamline contributory retirement appeals	Steven Owens
H.2950	An Act relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers	David Allen Robertson
H.2960	An Act relative to non-Commonwealth entities	Margaret R. Scarsdale
H.2967	An Act relative to employee retirement contributions	Alan Silvia
H.2974	An Act relative to employee protections	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2794	An Act relative to the cost of living adjustment for state and teacher retirees and certain long term career public retirees	Mark J. Cusack
H.2805	An Act authorizing the South Shore Charter School to join the State Employees Retirement System	David F. DeCoste
H.2816	An Act regulating education administrator retirement	Patricia A. Duffy
H.2820	An Act streamlining state employee collective bargaining	Rodney M. Elliott
H.2826	An Act relative to impairment of health caused by infectious disease	Michael J. Finn
H.2829	An Act relative to harbormasters	Christopher Richard Flanagan
H.2832	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System benefit calculation	Paul K. Frost
H.2835	An Act relative to funding contributions under state/teachers' and local pension systems	Dennis C. Gallagher
H.2843	An Act to provide retirement incentives in public higher education	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.56	An Act empowering municipalities and local governments	Maura T. Healey
S.1795	An Act relative to veteran inclusion	Michael D. Brady
S.1799	An Act relative to providing fairness and equity in the retirement benefits of employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, sewer departments, sewer districts, water and sewer departments and districts, and wastewater facilities	Nick Collins
S.1800	An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employees	Nick Collins
S.1801	An Act relative to the employee rights of employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Nick Collins
S.1808	An Act relative to enhancing cost of living adjustment for certain long term career public retirees	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1817	An Act to provide fair and affordable public retiree benefits	Julian Cyr
S.1850	An Act clarifying constitutional officer employers for collective bargaining purposes	Paul R. Feeney
S.1873	An Act relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the committee for public counsel services	Jason M. Lewis
S.1885	An Act relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel	Michael O. Moore
S.1889	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System benefit calculation	Michael O. Moore
S.1892	Resolve authorizing the study of cost of living increases for state police retirees	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1904	An Act relative to veterans service officers retirement benefits	Michael F. Rush

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