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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3528 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2134
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 municipal unemployment insurance reform.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3528 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2134
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2134) of
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to municipal unemployment insurance. Labor and
Workforce Development.
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 municipal unemployment insurance reform.
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 28A of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the
22022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following:-
3 (e) with respect to any services described in subsections (a) and (b) that are provided by
4municipal employees to or on behalf of an educational institution, benefits shall not be paid to
5any individual under the same circumstances as described in subsections (a) through (c).
6 SECTION 2. Section 29 of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
7hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d)(6) the following:-
8 (7) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the amount of
9benefits otherwise payable to an individual for any week that begins in a period with respect to
10which such individual is receiving governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay,
11annuity, or any other similar periodic payment from a defined benefit plan that is based on the
12previous work of such individual for the separating employer or for a base period employer shall 2 of 2
13be reduced by an amount equal to 65 percent of the amount of such payment that is reasonably
14attributable to such week; provided, however, that such reduction shall apply only when such
15separating or base period employer employed the individual for at least 75 percent of the
16individual's total length of service on which the defined benefit plan is based; and provided,
17further that such reduction shall apply only if, and to the extent, then consistent with section
183304(a)(15) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Payments received under the Social Security
19Act shall not be subject to this paragraph.