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Livingstone files bill to extend retirement parity to long-term public defenders and CPCS staff
Summary
Rep. Jay D. Livingstone filed House Bill No. 2902 on Jan. 15 proposing to amend Mass. General Laws to grant retirement parity to attorneys, investigators, social workers and social service advocates employed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services with 10 or more years of service.
A bill filed Jan. 15 by Representative Jay D. Livingstone would amend Section 3 of chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws to extend retirement parity to certain long-term employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.
The bill, filed as House Docket No. 1659 and printed as House Bill No. 2902 for the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025–2026), would insert after the word “attorneys” the following classes of workers: “investigators, social workers and social service advocates who have been employed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services for 10 years or more.”
The proposed change appears on the bill text and does not specify additional implementation details such as funding mechanisms, an effective date, or whether the 10 years of service must be continuous; those items are not specified in the filing. The bill was submitted under the House’s Public Service committee listing when filed with the House clerk.
As filed, the petition introduces the amendment language but records no vote or enacted change; a formal legislative process (committee review, possible amendments, and votes in the House and Senate) would be required before the amendment could become law.
Representative Jay D. Livingstone, sponsor of the petition, is identified on the filing as representing the 8th Suffolk district. The filing names the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the General Court as the submitting bodies and cites the 2022 Official Edition as the edition of the General Laws being amended.
Next steps for the bill are standard: referral to a committee and any committee action or docketing will determine whether the measure advances. The bill text and filing information are part of the public legislative record; the filing itself contains the amendment language and the docketing details but does not include fiscal notes or implementation guidance.
