Bill
H 3000
Adds licensed drinking water operators to the retirement classification in Chapter 32, Section 3, clarifying their eligibility under state retirement rules.
Status and procedural history
- Bill number: H 3000 (House Docket No. 4179)
- Classification: Concurrent resolution (contains a House rules/seat-allocation resolution) and also contains an attached bill text amending retirement law
- Filed: 1/17/2025 (docket entries); a related House resolution appears filed/adopted 12/03/2024
- Referred to: Committee on Public Service (2/27/2025)
- Senate concurrence recorded: 2/27/2025
- Hearings: Scheduled and rescheduled for 10/06/2025 (times and location updated)
- Primary sponsor listed: G.M. Smith; docket also lists Representative Steven G. Xiarhos as presenter and multiple co-petitioners
Note on source material
- The provided docket combines two distinct items: (A) a short bill titled “An Act relative to the retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators” that would amend Chapter 32, Section 3 of the Massachusetts General Laws; and (B) a House resolution establishing a procedure for allotting House floor seats for the 2025–2026 sessions. Both appear together in the filing materials for H 3000/House Docket 4179.
1) Act relative to retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators
- Purpose: To add licensed drinking water operators to the list of occupations/entities referenced in Chapter 32, Section 3 (Massachusetts retirement law).
- Key provision: Inserts the phrase “drinking water operators licensed by the Board of Certification of Drinking Water Supply Facilities pursuant to Chapter 112, Section 87CCCC” immediately after the word “hospital” in Section 3 of Chapter 32 (as currently published in the 2022 Official Edition).
- Effect/Who is affected: Licensed drinking water operators certified under Chapter 112, §87CCCC would be explicitly included in the statutory text of Chapter 32, Section 3. This change makes clear their inclusion in whatever retirement classification, definitions, or coverage is governed by that section (for precise benefit or tier implications, readers should consult Chapter 32, Section 3 and related retirement rules).
- Implementation: Amendment becomes part of the General Laws once enacted.
2) House resolution — procedure for allotting House seats (2025–2026 sessions)
- Purpose: Establish a specific, county-based process for assigning physical seats on the House floor for members for the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions; to codify that procedure into the House Rules.
- Key steps in the procedure:
- After the House is organized, the Clerk prepares one ballot per county (county name only) and places all ballots in a closed box.
- Ballots are drawn one-by-one; as each county is drawn, that county’s delegation selects its members’ seats (delegation seating corresponds to the county where the member resides).
- If a member’s district spans multiple counties, the member may choose which county delegation to sit with by indicating preference to the Clerk before balloting.
- No delegation may select more than one seat on the main aisle.
- Effect/Who is affected: All members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 2025–2026 sessions; the rule is intended for incorporation into the House Rules.
Other notes and next steps
- There is some mixed or duplicated material in the filing (different filing dates and two distinct measures). To confirm current status and exact statutory impact, consult the Massachusetts Legislature’s official bill page for H 3000 / Docket No. 4179 and the text of Chapter 32 and Chapter 112 cited in the bill.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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