AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE EQUITY TRUST, LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE INCOME TRUST, FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, LEGG MASON PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC

Item 30. Exhibit (h) i. v. ii.

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

AMONG

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE EQUITY TRUST,

XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE INCOME TRUST,

FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS, LLC,

XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC

THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into as of the 25^th day of July, 2023, amends the Fund Participation Agreement entered into as of the 2nd day of December, 2020, as amended (the “Agreement”) by and among MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“MassMutual”), C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (“C.M. Life”), MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (“MML Bay State” and together with MassMutual and C.M. Life, the “Company”); XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE EQUITY TRUST, a Maryland corporation and XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE INCOME TRUST, a Maryland corporation (each a “Fund”, collectively the “Funds”), FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS, LLC (formerly XXXX XXXXX INVESTOR SERVICES, LLC), a Maryland limited liability company (the “Distributor” or “FDLLC”), and XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (the “Adviser”).

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

	1.	Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Schedule A.
	2.	Except as expressly provided in this amendment, all other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
	3.	Terms used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY			C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx		By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Print Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx		Print Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:	Head of Institutional Insurance		Title:	Vice President
			MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
			By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
			Print Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
			Title:	Vice President
XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE INCOME TRUST			XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS VARIABLE EQUITY TRUST
By:	/s/ Xxxx Trust		By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
Print Name:	Xxxx Trust		Print Name:	Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:	President & CEO		Title:	President & CEO
XXXX XXXXX PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC			FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
By:	/s/ Xxxx Trust		By:	/s/ Xxxx.Masom
Print Name:	Xxxx Trust		Print Name:	Xxxx.Masom
Title:	President & CEO		Title:	President

SCHEDULE A

Separate Accounts of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, C.M. Life Insurance Company, and MML Bay State Life Insurance Company participating in Portfolios of the Fund:

	·	Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account IX
	·	Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account X
	·	Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account III
	·	Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account VII
	·	C.M. Life Variable Life Separate Account I
	·	MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account II
	·	MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account III
	·	MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account IV
	·	MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account V