Massachusetts · Bill 2897 · 194th General Court

An Act relative to public safety employee death benefits

H 2897 Sponsored by David Paul Linsky In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 27, 2025
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2897) of David Paul Linsky for legislation to include public works employees for killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefits. Public Service.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Public Service · Joint Committee on Public Service
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on Public Service
  4. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means · House Committee on Ways and Means

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Aug 30, 2025 Joint Committee on Public Service Committee report: Favorable (Public Service Matters)
Members

Yes · 7

Not voting · 4

 7–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.