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Mass. bill seeks Group 2 retirement classification for victim witness advocates after 10 years
Summary
Rep. Edward R. Philips filed House Bill No. 2935 on Jan. 16, 2025, to amend chapter 32 to add employees holding the title of "victim witness advocate" (as defined in chapter 258B) to Group 2 retirement classification if they have been employed in that role for 10 years or more.
A bill filed Jan. 16, 2025, by Representative Edward R. Philips would add employees holding the title of "victim witness advocate" to Group 2 in the state retirement statute if they have been employed in that role for 10 years or more.
The bill, House No. 2935, proposes to amend Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws by inserting language that explicitly covers "employees holding the title of victim witness advocate as defined by section 1 of chapter 258B who have been employed in such capacity for ten years or more." The filing cites that the existing provision was most recently amended by chapter 139 of the acts of 2012.
The petition lists Representative Edward R. Philips of Sharon (8th Norfolk) as the sponsor and notes a similar matter filed in the previous session (House No. 2634 of 2023–2024). The text of the filing is a legislative proposal only; no committee referral, hearing, vote, enactment date, or administrative implementation detail appears in the document.
The bill references two statutory locations: chapter 32, section 3 (retirement classifications) and chapter 258B, section 1 (the statutory definition that would identify who qualifies as a "victim witness advocate"). The filing itself specifies a 10-year employment threshold as the condition for the Group 2 classification.
Next steps for the proposal would occur through the legislative process in the General Court; those procedural steps and any expected fiscal or administrative impacts are not stated in the filing.
