Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten.

HB 2633 would amend Springfield's city charter to allow relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than the employee's department, while maintaining existing restrictions on hiring relatives in the same department or for city officials/managers. This change would directly affect Springfield's hiring practices for city employees and their relatives. The bill requires Springfield's city council to approve the change by a two-thirds vote before it takes effect, and the city must formally certify this approval. The proposal modifies the current nepotism rule (defined as hiring relatives in the same department) but does not change the prohibition on hiring relatives of city officials or the city manager.