State Legislation

General Information:

• S1629: sponsored by Brendan Crighton (Senate, 3rd Essex) Increase COLA for long time retirees. Retired more than fifteen years receive $100.00 extra per month. Retired more than twenty years receive $200.00 extra per month.  The MRU sent in a written testimony in favor of this bill and several others.

• H2475: sponsored by Tackey Chan (2nd Norfolk) To make up for the unjust penalty prior to July 1, 2004, by increasing the Option B choice by four percent and the Option C choice by twelve percent. With the MRU support this bill was voted favorably out of committee

• H2560: sponsored by Vanna Howard (17th Middlesex) Similar to H2560. With the MRU support this bill was voted favorably out of committee.

• H3530: sponsored by Ken Gordon (21st Middlesex) and David Robertson (19th Middlesex) To increase veterans’ pensions copied from our initiatives in the past. The MRU initiated this bill and has supported it.

• H2505: Fair and Affordable Public Retiree benefit, an AFT/MA initiative sponsored by Representative Dan Donahue (16th Worcester). The bill increases the COLA base to sixty-five percent of the maximum Social Security benefits effective July 1, 2023, and increasing the percentage to one hundred percent in fiscal year 2041.  MRU sent a written testimony in support of the bill.

• S1638: Fair and Affordable Public Retiree benefit, an AFT/MA initiative sponsored by Senator Julian Cyr (Cape and Islands). It contains the exact same language as HD 2901. The MRU sent in a written testimony in support of this bill.