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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2650
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel J. Ryan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to a cost of living adjustment for retired judges.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Ryan2nd Suffolk1/19/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2650
By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2650) of Daniel
J. Ryan relative to a cost of living adjustment for retired judges. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2787 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to a cost of living adjustment for retired judges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition,
2is hereby amended by inserting after Section 65J the following section: -
3 Section 65k. All justices of the supreme judicial court, appeals court and the several
4departments of the trial court, who have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 under the
5Massachusetts Constitution, Part II, c.3 article 1, as amended by the Article 98 of the
6Amendments, shall be entitled to an adjustment to their annual pension; and said pension shall be
7increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price
8Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing on July 1, 2024, and every year
9thereafter.