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Bill would extend retirement benefits to Massachusetts Port Authority pipefitters, refrigeration technicians
Summary
A bill filed in the Massachusetts House would amend state retirement law to add "licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians" to a list of Massachusetts Port Authority employees eligible for special retirement treatment; the measure was filed Jan. 15 and referred to the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Representative Rob Consalvo filed legislation on Jan. 15, 2025, that would amend state retirement law to add licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians employed by the Massachusetts Port Authority to a list of covered occupations. The bill was filed as House Docket No. 1949 and carries House bill number 2788; it was referred to the Joint Committee on Public Service.
The one-page bill would amend Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws by inserting after the clause that currently covers “licensed electricians, utility technicians, steam engineers, watch engineers, boiler operators,” the words “licensed pipefitters and refrigeration technicians.” If enacted, the change would make those job titles explicit in the statutory language that governs certain retirement classifications for Massachusetts Port Authority employees.
The filing lists Representative Rob Consalvo (14th Suffolk) as the presenter and names additional petitioners: Patrick Joseph Kearney (4th Plymouth), Dennis C. Gallagher (8th Plymouth), Paul McMurtry (11th Norfolk), David F. DeCoste (5th Plymouth) and Colleen M. Garry (36th Middlesex). The bill text does not include cost estimates, implementation steps or an effective date; those details would typically be addressed during committee review and any subsequent legislative debate.
At filing the measure is an initial legislative proposal; no committee hearings, votes or enactment occurred in the provided document. The bill’s next step in the formal process is consideration by the Joint Committee on Public Service, which may schedule hearings, request fiscal information, or report the bill to the full Legislature with or without recommendation.
Supporters and opponents, fiscal impacts, and any proposed amendments were not included in the docket text. The bill text supplied is limited to the single statutory insertion described above.
