An Act providing for violent act injury retirement benefits for retirement police officer Leo MacAskill
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 6/18/2026 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 5/20/2026 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 5/20/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 8/25/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 5/8/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 3/17/2025 | House | Referred to the committee on Public Service |
No additional cosponsors.
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J23 | Favorable | 1 entries |
| H52 | Place in OD | — |
| H36 | Correctly Drawn | — |
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Leo MacAskill, a retired police officer of the Revere police department and a member of the Revere retirement system, may reapply for retirement benefits pursuant to section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. If the Revere retirement board determines pursuant to said section 7 of said chapter 32, as amended by chapter 149 of the acts of 2024, that Leo MacAskill was retired for a violent act injury, all of his retirement benefits dispensed after such determination shall be paid and administered in accordance with retirement for a violent act injury pursuant to said section 7 of said chapter 32, as so amended.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Leo MacAskill, a retired police officer of the Revere police department and a member of the Revere retirement system, may reapply for retirement benefits pursuant to section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. If the Revere retirement board determines pursuant to said section 7 of said chapter 32, as amended by chapter 149 of the acts of 2024, that Leo MacAskill was retired for a violent act injury, all of his retirement benefits dispensed after such determination shall be paid and administered in accordance with retirement for a violent act injury pursuant to said section 7 of said chapter 32, as so amended. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.