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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3875 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1972
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 judicial compensation.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Ryan2nd Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3875 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
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By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1972) of Daniel
J. Ryan relative to judicial compensation. The Judiciary.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to judicial compensation.
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. Section 22 of chapter 211 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
2the following: -
3 Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the
4percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region
5commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
6 SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 211A of the General Laws by adding at the end
7thereof the following: -
8 Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the
9percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region
10commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
11 SECTION 3. Section 4 of Chapter 211B of the General Laws is hereby amended by
12adding at the end thereof the following: - 2 of 2
13 Such compensation shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the
14percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region
15commencing the first day in July of the year 2025, and every year thereafter
16 SECTION 4. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
17Section 65J the following section: -
18 Section 65k. All justices of the supreme judicial court, appeals court and the several
19departments of the trial court, who have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 under the
20Massachusetts Constitution, Part II, c.3 article 1, as amended by the Article 98 of the
21Amendments, shall be entitled to an adjustment to their annual pension; and said pension shall be
22increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price
23Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing on July 1, 2025, and every year
24thereafter.