---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to disability benefits"
description: "By Mr. Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2515) of Daniel Cahill and others relative to disability benefits for incapacitated public employees. Public Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 2515"
citation: "Massachusetts H 2515 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Cahill"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d466476b-941a-435b-918d-06268dd3b63d"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2515"
source_hash: "c9718edec4f14811796351256f3595faca32685799d7e3cca568b19633f9acf4"
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 2515 (190th) — An Act relative to disability benefits

By Mr. Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2515) of Daniel Cahill and others relative to disability benefits for incapacitated public employees. Public Service.

## 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/190/H2515.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daniel Cahill — primary (person)
- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Antonio F. D. Cabral — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara A. L'Italien — cosponsor (person)
- Claire D. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cullinane — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel J. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Nangle — cosponsor (person)
- David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Gerard Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
- James J. Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer E. Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth I. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Dean Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul R. Heroux — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Rady Mom — cosponsor (person)
- Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Golden, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Senate concurred
- **2017-05-23** Hearing scheduled for 05/31/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
- **2017-05-26** Hearing rescheduled to 05/31/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2
- **2018-02-26** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2018-03-15** Rules suspended
- **2018-03-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-30** Rules suspended
- **2018-05-30** Read third `reading-3`
- **2018-05-30** Amendment 1 adopted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 363) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-30** Passed to be engrossed - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 364) `passage`
- **2018-05-31** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2018-07-09** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-09** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-07-12** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-12** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-12** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-12** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2018-07-12** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-07-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-07-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 148 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d466476b-941a-435b-918d-06268dd3b63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).