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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

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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 a COVID-19 Retirement Credit Study.

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PETITION OF:

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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 a COVID-19 Retirement Credit Study.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

There shall be a commission to study and report on the cost and feasibility of awarding a retirement credit to certain public employees who worked in their normal place of work, performing their normal duties between March 13th 2020, and at least January 1st 2021. The commission shall evaluate which employees should qualify for a credit, and by what criteria the amount of that credit should be determined. Priority will be given to those employees who in the normal course of their job continued to interact with members of the public or performed other duties that put them at greater risk of exposure to covid-19. Employees who primarily worked from their home, or who were not required as a condition of their employment to regularly report to their normal place of work during this period shall not be eligible. Elected officials shall not be eligible.

The commission shall be composed of 2 members appointed by each of the following, the Speaker of the House, the Senate President, the Governor; 1 member appointed by each of the following, the Minority Leader of the House, the Minority Leader of the Senate; 3 members appointed by mutual agreement of the Speaker of the House, the Senate President, and the Governor who serve in a leadership capacity in an association or union representing the interests of the employees who would be eligible for the credit.