MA H2196

Bill

Relative to certain option B and option C retirees

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
02/20/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to retirement options for public employees. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill aims to increase the retirement allowance for certain public employees who retired before July 1, 2004 and are receiving a lesser retirement allowance under Options B or C of the state's retirement system. Specifically, the bill proposes a 6% increase for Option B allowances and a 12% increase for Option C allowances. The bill requires retirement systems to accept the provisions of the act through a majority vote of their governing bodies, and the state teachers' and state employees' retirement systems are deemed to have accepted the act. The provisions of the bill are prospective, meaning it does not provide any retroactive benefits.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (26)

Michael Brady (D), Tackey Chan (D), Daniel Cullinane (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Paul Feeney (D), Mike Finn (D), Sean Garballey (D), Colleen Garry (D), Anne Gobi (D), Carlos González (D), Stephen Hay (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Randy Hunt (R), Jack Lewis (D), Paul Mark (D), Joe McGonagle (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Frank Moran (D), Matt Muratore (R), Dave Robertson (D), Mike Soter (R), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D), Paul Tucker (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Donald Wong (R),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2196

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2196
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2196.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1374	Providing for equitable rights to indemnity for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1595	Relative to binding arbitration	Accompanied a study order, see H5123	Similar To
H1602	Protecting the right to strike	Accompanied a study order, see H5123	Similar To
H1674	Relative to ensuring fairness in public employee workers' compensation benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2187	Relative to the Labor Relations Commission	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2197	Relative to ordinary disability retirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2243	Relative to the cap on work hours for retirees	Accompanied H2213	Similar To
H2317	Providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	Accompanied S1554	Similar To
H2342	Authorizing certain public employees’ creditable retirement service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2372	To provide funding of certain collective bargaining agreements	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2386	Relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2680	Relative to global positioning system technology and public employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H638	To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process	Accompanied a study order, see H4403	Similar To
S1544	Resolve establishing a study on providing absolute social security coverage for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To

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MA H2196

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