HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2817 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3662
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Dylan A. Fernandes and Jay D. Livingstone
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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 authorizing independent retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 1/17/2019 |
Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk | 1/22/2019 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/22/2019 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 1/22/2019 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden | 1/22/2019 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/23/2019 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/23/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/28/2019 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Paul Brodeur | 32nd Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Peter Capano | 11th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Nick Collins | First Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | 3/19/2019 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Daniel R. Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 1/31/2019 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | 1/24/2019 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 1/30/2019 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 3/19/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 3/25/2019 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Nika C. Elugardo | 15th Suffolk | 2/2/2019 |
Paul R. Feeney | Bristol and Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 1/29/2019 |
Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Danielle W. Gregoire | 4th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 1/31/2019 |
Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | 1/29/2019 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Kathleen R. LaNatra | 12th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk | 1/28/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire | 1/31/2019 |
Christina A. Minicucci | 14th Essex | 1/31/2019 |
Liz Miranda | 5th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex | 1/31/2019 |
James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester | 3/25/2019 |
Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex | 1/26/2019 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/27/2019 |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 1/30/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Maria Duaime Robinson | 6th Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/31/2019 |
Jon Santiago | 9th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Paul F. Tucker | 7th Essex | 3/25/2019 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Andres X. Vargas | 3rd Essex | 1/31/2019 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 3/25/2019 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 3/25/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2817 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3662
By Messrs. Fernandes of Falmouth and Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3662) of Dylan A. Fernandes, Jay D. Livingstone and others for legislation to authorize independent retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies. Public Service. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act authorizing independent retirement systems to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. For the purposes of this section, an “independent retirement system” shall mean any Massachusetts public pension system under the oversight, monitoring, and regulation of the public employee retirement administration commission; and a “fossil fuel company” shall mean a company identified by a Global Industry Classification Standard code in one of the following sectors: (1) coal and consumable fuels; (2) integrated oil and gas; or (3) oil and gas exploration and production.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any independent retirement system may, in accordance with the procurement process under section 23B of chapter 32 of the General Laws, divest in whole or in part from any investment in fossil fuel companies. In accordance with this section, the board of an independent retirement system may, after following the procurement process under said section 23B of said chapter 32, invest in index funds or other investment vehicles that may not include fossil fuel companies.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.