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Witnesses Ask Legislature to Modernize 'Veteran' Definition for Retirement Credit
5572171 · July 9, 2025
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Summary
Mass Retirees supported a bill to expand who qualifies as a veteran for retirement-credit purposes, asking the committee to align older members' treatment with modern definitions that include activated National Guard service.
Representatives of Mass Retirees asked the Joint Committee on Public Service to support legislation that would broaden the definition of “veteran” for purposes of retirement credit, bringing older retirees under the same standard enacted for later hires.
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