---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program for teachers"
description: "An Act relative to the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program for teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4443"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4443 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a65eb2-2035-48ce-bf93-5a7eba952abd"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4443"
source_hash: "868e60f748bcd2ff80e2136573bb18d73759453912d773d5550e177fed71da76"
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 4443 (192nd) — An Act relative to the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program for teachers

## 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/H4443.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2022-02-09** Pending new draft of H19
- **2022-02-09** New draft of H19
- **2022-02-09** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-02-09** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-25** Committee recommended ought to pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-25** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-25** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-07-25** Amendment #1 (Tarr) rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-07-25** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-07-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-07-26** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2022-07-26** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2022-07-26** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-07-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-08-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 134 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/08a65eb2-2035-48ce-bf93-5a7eba952abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).