H 45 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act updating judicial retirement benefits

H 45 updates retirement benefits for judges and judicial employees based on recommendations from the Department of the State Treasurer. The bill implements specific changes to retirement eligibility, contribution rates, and benefit calculations outlined in the Treasurer's report (House No. 35). It directly affects current and future judicial retirees by modifying how their retirement income is determined. The key mechanism is adopting these administrative recommendations into law to modernize the judicial retirement system.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Dec 15, 2025
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Dec 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Public Service
lower
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