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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts Senate bill elevates National Guard to cabinet-level executive office
Last action · July 24, 2025: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and MeansSponsors: Mike Moore and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 2183 establishes a new Executive Office of the Military Division under the supervision and control of the adjutant general, granting cabinet-level status. The measure provides for the orderly transfer of employees, property, and legal obligations between agencies while protecting existing employee tenure, civil service status, and collective bargaining rights.
The measure restructures state administrative oversight by creating a standalone cabinet-level office for military affairs, directly impacting state employees transferred between the executive office of public safety and security and the new military division.
- The National Guard in Massachusetts operates as part of the state's military division, historically coordinated alongside public safety and veteran services. context
Who It Would Affect
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State employees in affected agencies
Employees transferred between the executive office of public safety and security and the military division maintain their tenure, compensation, civil service status, and collective bargaining rights.
Adjutant General
The adjutant general assumes supervision and control of the newly created Executive Office of the Military Division with the powers and duties of a secretary.
Key Facts
- Chapter 6A of the General Laws is amended to include the military division alongside veterans' services as a cabinet-level entity.
- A new Executive Office of the Military Division is established, to be supervised and controlled by the adjutant general.
- The adjutant general is given the same powers and duties as a state secretary.
- Employees transferred between agencies retain their civil service status, tenure, seniority, retirement benefits, and accrued leave.
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- Existing collective bargaining agreements and union representation continue without interruption following the transfer of employees.
- All ongoing proceedings, petitions, rules, regulations, contracts, and property of the transferor agency are assumed by the transferee agency.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jul 24, 2025SenateCommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Jun 18, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
- Feb 27, 2025HouseHouse concurred
- Feb 27, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
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Cabinet-Level Elevation of Military Division
The legislation removes the military department from the executive office of public safety and security and establishes a standalone executive office.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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