Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Group Reclassifications

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 7 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 Wednesday October 22, 2025 at 5:00pm:

CHAIR DANIEL J. RYAN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE

ATTN: SEDA KORROCH

24 BEACON ST ROOM 156

BOSTON MA 02133

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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 - 10-8-2025	10/8/2025 1:00 PM	01:09:59

Group Reclassifications 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3002	An Act relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police	Jonathan D. Zlotnik
H.2997	An Act relative to Mass Port police officers	Steven George Xiarhos
H.2981	An Act relative to retirement benefits for installation security officers	Steven Ultrino
H.2979	An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth that are required to respond to crime scenes	Steven Ultrino
H.2972	An Act designating certain Unit 9 employees of the Massachusetts Department of Correction to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system.	Michael J. Soter
H.2971	An Act to provide public safety telecommunicators with the same internal benefits as first responders	Michael J. Soter
H.2968	An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators	Todd M. Smola
H.2951	An Act relative to the equitable merger of the Group 4 and Group 2 retirement classifications of the University of Massachusetts police	David Allen Robertson
H.2949	An Act regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups	David Allen Robertson
H.2948	An Act regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups	David Allen Robertson
H.2937	An Act relative to Brockton school police	Bridget Plouffe
H.2929	An Act to ensure fairness in retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Correction	James J. O'Day
H.2924	An Act relative to retirement systems and pensions for correctional officers	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.2920	An Act relative to telecommunicators in Barnstable and Dukes Counties	Thomas W. Moakley
H.2905	An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees	Hadley Luddy
H.2885	An Act relative to public safety dispatchers	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2881	An Act designating Aerial Foresters of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.2818	An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators	Rodney M. Elliott
H.2808	An Act providing for a fair and equitable Group 4 retirement benefit for POST-certified police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses	Carol A. Doherty
H.2807	An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees	Kip A. Diggs
H.2796	An Act relative to public safety personnel	Mark J. Cusack
H.2786	An Act relative to compliance officers at the Department of Fire Services	Tackey Chan
H.2777	An Act relative to employee retirement	Tackey Chan
H.2747	An Act relative to the definition of Group 4 of the state retirement system	Bruce J. Ayers
S.1920	An Act providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses	John C. Velis
S.1916	An Act regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups	John C. Velis
S.1906	An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators	Michael F. Rush
S.1886	An Act relative to the alignment of the University of Massachusetts police	Michael O. Moore
S.1856	An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators	Paul R. Feeney
S.1853	An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to crime scenes	Paul R. Feeney
S.1852	An Act relative to executive office of public safety and security dispatchers	Paul R. Feeney
S.1843	An Act designating certain unit 9 employees of the Massachusetts Department of Correction to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1842	An Act relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1827	An Act relative to public safety dispatchers	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1819	An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees	Julian Cyr
S.1798	An Act relative to Mass Port police officers	Nick Collins
S.1789	An Act relative to Brockton school police	Michael D. Brady
S.1786	An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments	Michael D. Brady

Present (11)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)

Daniel J. Ryan (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kelly A. Dooner (SEN)

James B. Eldridge (SEN)

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)

John F. Keenan (SEN)

Mark C. Montigny (SEN)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Absent (6)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)
*

Colleen M. Garry (HOU)
*

John Francis Moran (HOU)
*

David Allen Robertson (HOU)
*

Alan Silvia (HOU)
*

Todd M. Smola (HOU)
*

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