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Lawmakers file bill to extend Group 4 retirement status to Plymouth County sheriff investigators
Summary
Legislators filed Senate No. 1863 on Jan. 14, 2025, proposing to amend Section 2A of chapter 124 of the acts of 1953 to grant Group 4 retirement status to officers who retire from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department; the filing lists multiple petitioners and notes a similar matter in the prior session.
A petition filed Jan. 14, 2025, asks the Massachusetts Legislature to grant Group 4 retirement status to officers who retire from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department.
The filing, entered as Senate docket No. 848 and carried as Senate No. 1863, was presented by Dylan A. Fernandes and lists additional petitioners including Norman J. Orrall, David F. DeCoste, Kathleen R. LaNatra, Steven George Xiarhos and Michael D. Brady. The petition appears in the record for the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025–2026).
The draft amendment proposes revising Section 2A of chapter 124 of the acts of 1953 (as inserted by chapter 260 of the acts of 1987) by inserting after the words “assistant criminal identification officer employed by the county of Barnstable” the words “or the county of Plymouth.” The filing text explicitly states that change and names the affected employer as the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The petition lists the petitioners and their district identifiers alongside the bill text: Dylan A. Fernandes (Plymouth and Barnstable); Norman J. Orrall (12th Bristol); David F. DeCoste (5th Plymouth); Kathleen R. LaNatra (12th Plymouth); Steven George Xiarhos (5th Barnstable); and Michael D. Brady (Second Plymouth and Norfolk). The document also notes a similar matter filed in the previous session as Senate No. 1609 (2023–2024).
The docket entry is a bill filing; the text in the filing does not record committee referral, hearings, votes or enactment. The filing itself amends the cited act by adding the county of Plymouth to the list of counties described in the statute; it does not define in the text of the filing what specific benefits or changes accrue under “Group 4” status.
Next steps for the petition—such as committee assignment, public hearings, or legislative votes—are not detailed in the docket entry.
