---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to regular compensation for certain retirees and active retirement system members"
description: "An Act relative to regular compensation for certain retirees and active retirement system members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4338"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4338 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97849068-70a6-4922-aaf5-15d6c4a41833"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4338"
source_hash: "e6966223dbb5f228ee04cbea358ac7bb47120fe179ea4ef28a80551934722980"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4338 (192nd) — An Act relative to regular compensation for certain retirees and active retirement system members

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4338.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-18** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2022-01-18** Pending new draft of H2732
- **2022-01-18** New draft of H2732
- **2022-01-18** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-01-18** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-25** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S3032 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-25** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-25** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-07-25** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3032 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-25** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-07-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-07-26** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-31** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2022-07-31** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-08-01** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97849068-70a6-4922-aaf5-15d6c4a41833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).