Bill Would Let Retired Comp Judges Get Pensions

Legislation introduced this week would allow workers' compensation judges and administrative law judges to switch from a 401(k)-type retirement plan to the state's pension system. Senate Bill 3284, sponsored by state Sen. Sandra Cunningham, D-Hudson, was referred to the State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee. It would specifically exempt the compensation judges and law judges from a 2007 law that moved new elected state officials to a defined-contribution retirement program. Under Cunningham's bill, the judges, like other judges in the st...