Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, October 6, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Retirement and Group Classifications

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 December 5, 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 to Donna.loconte@masenate.gov and

Seda.korroch@mahouse.gov or mailed to the Joint Committee on Public Service.

Please submit by Monday, October 20,2025 at 5:00pm:

CHAIR MICHAEL D. BRADY
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE
ATTN: Donna LOConte
24 BEACON ST ROOM 416A
BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email to Donna LoConte Donna.loconte@masenate.gov. Deadline to sign up is October 3,2025 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 Senate Chair Michael D. Brady. 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: Donna LoConte donna.loconte@masenate.gov). Senate Chair Brady’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1200.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Service - 10-6-2025	10/6/2025 1:00 PM	01:25:24

Retirement and Group Classifications 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2768	An Act relative to licensed electricians employed at regional school districts	Simon Cataldo
H.2771	An Act relative to attorneys at the Department of Children and Families	Tackey Chan
H.2772	An Act relative to probation officers	Tackey Chan
H.2774	An Act relative to the definition of Group 4 of the retirement system	Tackey Chan
H.2776	An Act relative to municipal building officials	Tackey Chan
H.2783	An Act relative to the definition of group two of the public employee retirement system	Tackey Chan
H.2784	An Act relative to the definition of Group 4 of the retirement system	Tackey Chan
H.2788	An Act relative to certain licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians	Rob Consalvo
H.2793	An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers	Mark J. Cusack
H.2814	An Act relative to special investigators of the alcohol beverage control commission	Paul J. Donato
H.2817	An Act relative to retirement for nuclear reactor operators	Rodney M. Elliott
H.2819	An Act relative to retirement group reclassification	Rodney M. Elliott
H.2824	An Act relative to the SMART Plan	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.2825	An Act expanding access to retirement savings	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.2838	An Act designating certain employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Sean Garballey
H.2847	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2858	An Act relative to the employee rights of employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Ryan M. Hamilton
H.2878	An Act amending retirement benefits for certain employees of the parole board	Mary S. Keefe
H.2882	An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2893	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Employees’ Retirement System	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.2895	An Act relative to the employee rights of employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.2896	An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employees	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.2898	An Act relative to the retirement rights of criminal prosecutors	David Paul Linsky
H.2902	An Act establishing retirement parity for long term public defenders	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2908	An Act Souza's Law - Change MassDOT Highway workers from Group 1 to Group 4	John J. Marsi
H.2935	An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification	Edward R. Philips
H.2975	An Act further regulating the retirement rights of certain employees	Kenneth P. Sweezey
H.2982	An Act relative to electronic monitoring department personnel pension group classification	Steven Ultrino
H.3000	An Act relative to the retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators	Steven George Xiarhos
H.4508	An Act relative to the disability pension for Patricia M. Lampron administered by the Boston retirement board	Daniel J. Hunt
S.1803	An Act relative to non-clerical workers of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Nick Collins
S.1804	An Act designating certain employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Joanne M. Comerford
S.1815	An Act relative to GIC healthcare coverage for group 4 members pending disability retirement	John J. Cronin
S.1829	An Act relative to certain licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1834	An Act relative to retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators	Peter J. Durant
S.1846	An Act relative to further defining employees classified in Group 4	Paul R. Feeney
S.1854	An Act to authorize a local option for group retirement classification	Paul R. Feeney
S.1857	An Act relative to defining Court Service Coordinator in Group 2	Paul R. Feeney
S.1858	An Act relative to defining employees in Group 2	Paul R. Feeney
S.1863	An Act further regulating the retirement rights of certain employees of Plymouth County	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.1866	An Act clarifying Group 4 retirement classification eligibility for utility maintenance workers	Barry R. Finegold
S.1870	An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification	Adam Gómez
S.1871	An Act relative to retirement for nuclear reactor operators	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1876	An Act relative to the retirement classification of certain employees of the city of Beverly	Joan B. Lovely

Present (12)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)

Daniel J. Ryan (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Kelly A. Dooner (SEN)

James B. Eldridge (SEN)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

Mark C. Montigny (SEN)

John Francis Moran (HOU)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

David Allen Robertson (HOU)

Todd M. Smola (HOU)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Absent (4)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)
*

Colleen M. Garry (HOU)
*

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)
*

Alan Silvia (HOU)
*

Hearing Conflicts (1)

John F. Keenan (SEN)
*Another committee hearing

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