Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts S1876: An Act relative to the retirement classification of certain employees of the city of Beverly
Status: Signed into law, October 5, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, employees of the city of Beverly employed as fire alarm operators who were hired by the city on or before January 26, 2006, including those fire alarm operators hired on or before January 26, 2006, who thereafter transfer to the position of public safety telecommunicator, also known as joint civilian dispatcher, for the city of Beverly shall be classified by the Beverly retirement board in Group 2. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Sponsors
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 233 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Public Service (March 17, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is S1876?
- S1876 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the retirement classification of certain employees of the city of Beverly.
- What is the status of S1876?
- Signed into law as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 233 of the Acts of 2026 (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1876?
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex).
- Where is the official record for S1876?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1876
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