# Massachusetts H 2865: An Act relative to teacher’s retirement buyback for former parochial school teachers Massachusetts H 2865, An Act relative to teacher’s retirement buyback for former parochial school teachers, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-03-25 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2865-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 2865 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act relative to teacher’s retirement buyback for former parochial school teachers - Status: in committee - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2026-03-25, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means - Sponsors: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 47 - Subjects: Public Service, House Ways and Means - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adrian C. Madaro (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brian M. Ashe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Christopher Richard Flanagan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David F. DeCoste (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Frank A. Moran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James M. Murphy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John Francis Moran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joshua Tarsky (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin G. Honan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lisa Field (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael J. Finn (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul McMurtry (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Priscila S. Sousa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ryan C. Fattman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ryan M. Hamilton (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sal N. DiDomenico (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Shirley B. Arriaga (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tara T. Hong (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William C. Galvin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-18 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 9 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (5) - 2026-03-25: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) - 2025-12-11: Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (House) - 2025-09-08: Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House) ## Bill text - As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2865.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2865.pdf) ## Related - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2865-194 (as of 2026-11-01).