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H 4508

Elizabeth Anne Smith, 90th birthday

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Terry Alexander and 122 co-sponsors

The bill increases Patricia M. Lampron’s accidental disability retirement to 100% of her prior regular compensation, with medical indemnification and related support.

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Bill Summary · H 4508

Summary — Bill H 4508 (documents provided)

Note: The materials provided include two distinct measures that appear together in the submission. One is a Massachusetts local pension bill (House No. 4508 / House Docket No. 4766) concerning Patricia M. Lampron; the other is a ceremonial South Carolina House resolution honoring Elizabeth Anne Smith on her 90th birthday. Below are separate, concise summaries of each.

A. Massachusetts — "An Act relative to the disability pension for Patricia M. Lampron"

  • Bill ID / Filing: House No. 4508 (House Docket No. 4766), filed 5/29/2025. Sponsor: Rep. Daniel J. Hunt (with co-petitioners and local approval).
  • Purpose / Intent: To increase and secure certain disability retirement benefits for Patricia M. Lampron, a retired head of school in the Boston Public Schools, who was totally and permanently incapacitated by injuries sustained in the performance of duty on November 3, 2021.
  • Key provisions:
    • Directs the Boston Retirement Board to increase Ms. Lampron’s accidental disability retirement allowance under G.L. c. 32, §90A.
    • Sets Ms. Lampron’s annual pension to equal 100% of the average annual rate of regular compensation she would have received immediately prior to the effective retirement date had the injury not occurred (notwithstanding G.L. c. 32, §5).
    • Specifies that amounts paid under the act are non‑taxable to the extent allowed by state and federal law.
    • Entitles Ms. Lampron to indemnification for all hospital, medical and related expenses incurred after retirement that are related to the November 3, 2021 injury.
    • Requires the Boston Retirement Board to pay Ms. Lampron the amount credited to her as accumulated total deductions in the annuity savings fund as of the act’s effective date.
    • States benefits are to be funded and administered by the Boston Retirement Board consistent with chapter 32.
    • Effective date: upon passage.
  • Who is affected:
    • Directly: Patricia M. Lampron (beneficiary).
    • Administratively: Boston Retirement Board (responsible for funding, administration and payment actions).
    • Financially: Boston retirement fund and potentially city finances (the bill creates a pension/benefit cost payable from the Boston retirement system).
  • Procedural notes / status (from materials):
    • Referred to the Committee on Public Service (9/11/2025). Hearings were scheduled/rescheduled for 10/06/2025. The version text shows local approval received. (Some docket dates in the filing record: 5/29/2025; petition additions on 10/6/2025 and 10/20/2025.)
  • Fiscal impact: Not specified in the text. The increase to a 100% salary-equivalent accidental disability pension plus medical indemnification would increase benefit payments charged to the Boston retirement system; no appropriation or specific funding mechanism beyond chapter 32 administration is specified.

B. South Carolina — House Resolution: Elizabeth Anne Smith, 90th birthday

  • Purpose / Intent: Ceremonial resolution congratulating Elizabeth Anne Smith of Taylors, SC on her 90th birthday and wishing her happiness.
  • Content highlights:
    • Summarizes Ms. Smith’s biography (born May 10, 1935), education, family, community and church service, and personal accomplishments.
    • Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Ms. Smith.
  • Legal/fiscal effect: Honorary only; no legal or fiscal consequences.
  • Status: Introduced and adopted (filed 05/06/2025 in the provided materials).

If you want, I can:
- Draft a one‑page fiscal note estimating potential costs to the Boston retirement system, or
- Produce a redline showing how this pension provision differs from a typical accidental disability retirement under G.L. c. 32.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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