# Massachusetts H 5391: An Act regarding the disability pension for Misael Rodriguez administered by the Springfield retirement board Massachusetts H 5391, An Act regarding the disability pension for Misael Rodriguez administered by the Springfield retirement board, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-08-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5391-194 - 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 5391 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act regarding the disability pension for Misael Rodriguez administered by the Springfield retirement board - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-30 - Last action: 2026-08-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State covers injury health costs for Rodriguez: benefit, high. The state pays hospital, medical, and other health costs that insurance does not cover. The care must treat injuries he got on duty on November 5, 2020. This applies to bills already incurred or future bills after his retirement. - Bigger disability pension and back pay for Rodriguez: benefit, high. The Springfield retirement board raises Misael Rodriguez’s accidental disability pension. It now equals his regular pay on November 5, 2020, or the pay he would have had if he stayed at that grade. This amount applies until he dies or reaches mandatory retirement age. After that age, his pension is… - Lifetime survivor checks for spouse and kids: benefit, high. If Misael dies first, his spouse gets 75% of his annual pension, paid monthly for life. When Misael would have reached mandatory retirement age, the spouse’s 75% continues and includes cost‑of‑living increases. The spouse must choose this benefit or option (c) under state retirement law, not both.… - More work allowed without pension penalties: mixed, medium. Misael may earn up to half of his retirement allowance from public jobs without having to refund pension payments. He can also work for a private employer without a refund penalty, as long as the work is not for the Commonwealth or its local governments. While receiving benefits under this law, he… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adam Gómez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brian M. Ashe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bud L. Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carlos González (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Orlando Ramos (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House ## Actions (14) - 2026-08-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-30: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Enacted (House) - 2026-07-30: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2026-07-30: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-07-22: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2026-07-20: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-07-20: Amended (Gómez) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3185 (Senate) - 2026-07-20: Read third (Senate) - 2026-07-20: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-06-11: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-05-04: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-04-30: Substituted for H2939 (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-08-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5391.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 171 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5391.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [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-H5391-194 (as of 2026-11-01).