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H2901

194th

An Act providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees

StatusActive Amendments0 SponsorJay D. Livingstone CommitteeNot yet assigned

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By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2901) of Jay D. Livingstone relative to line of duty death benefits for public employees. Public Service.

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Date	Branch	Action
9/8/2025	House	9/8/2025 HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
5/22/2025	Joint	5/22/2025 JointHearing scheduled for 05/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
2/27/2025	Senate	2/27/2025 SenateSenate concurred
2/27/2025	House	2/27/2025 HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service

Cosponsor
Jay D. Livingstone Primary sponsor
John C. Velis
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

Committee	Recommendation	Vote
J23	Favorable	1 entries

J23

8/22/2025

Question: Joint Committee on Public Service

Favorable: 9

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No Action: 2

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Bill	Title	Status
S1911	An Act providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	Active

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▸SECTION 100A

of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking subsection (c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
	(c) The killed in the line of duty benefit shall be a 1-time payment of $300,000 to the family of a deceased public employee. As used in this section deceased public employee shall mean any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority who, while in the performance of his/her duties and as a result of incident, accident or violence, was killed or sustained injuries which were the direct and proximate cause of his/her death.

▸SECTION 100A

of Chapter 32 is further amended in subsection (d) by replacing each occurrence of the words “public safety employee” in this subsection with the words “public employee”

▸SECTION 16

of Chapter 15A is hereby amended by inserting after the word "corrections officer" the following words: - any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority

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	Section 100A of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking subsection (c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
	(c) The killed in the line of duty benefit shall be a 1-time payment of $300,000 to the family of a deceased public employee. As used in this section deceased public employee shall mean any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority who, while in the performance of his/her duties and as a result of incident, accident or violence, was killed or sustained injuries which were the direct and proximate cause of his/her death.
	Section 100A of Chapter 32 is further amended in subsection (d) by replacing each occurrence of the words “public safety employee” in this subsection with the words “public employee”
	Section 16 of Chapter 15A is hereby amended by inserting after the word "corrections officer" the following words: - any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority