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HR 28 Summary

  • Early Retirement Benefits
  • Studies
0268 Merski Would direct the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the viability of an early retirement proposal for both SERS and PSERS. The analysis must include: (1) the potential cost savings if the early retirement option was offered in one-, five-, and ten-year increments; (2) value in ... read more

SB 32 Summary

  • Miscellaneous
0092 Muth Would require the State Employees; Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) to appear in front the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on an annual basis. ... read more

SB 58 Summary

  • Survivor Benefits
0054 Hughes Amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to allow for spousal consent for a retirement public employee choosing how his/her pension benefits are to be paid. Designates spouses of married members as the first payable party upon death unless otherwise designated. ... read more

HB 298 Summary

  • Cost of Living Adjustments
0254 Harkins Inserts language to allow for counties to approve cost of living adjustments up to, but not more than, the cost-of-living index percentage. Current language only allows for the increases to only be at the level of the calculated cost-of-living index. ... read more

SB 423 Summary

  • Return to Service
0410 Ward Would allow for SERS annuitants returning to service as part-time state-certified fire instructors to do so without suspending their annuity payments. Also stipulates that these individuals would not be subject to withholdings of the employee or employer share of the pension plans. Dictates that employees in these positions that opt ... read more

SB 464 Summary

  • Public Safety Employee Benefit
  • Service Credit Purchase
0449 Regan Requires cities, other than a city of the first class, boroughs, towns, townships and regional police departments to amend their statutes to allow for uniformed police officers the option to purchase up to five years of pension service for prior part- or full-time police service. Provides for methodology in determination ... read more

SB 646 Summary

  • Post Retirement Adjustments
  • Public Safety Employee Benefit
0682 Regan Provides for cost-of-living adjustments for State Police Officers who have retired prior to July 1, 2010. Increases would be for $1,000 (retired between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2010); $2,000 (July 1, 1990 to June 30, 2000) or $3,000 (on or prior to June 30, 1990). These adjustments would ... read more

SB 699 Summary

  • Membership Provisions
0781 Coleman Would restrict Senators taking office after December 1, 2024 to elect to be a participant in the State Employees' Retirement System's Defined Contribution-Only (DC) plan, or elect to decline participation in any of the SERS plans. Restricts Senators from participating in the SERS hybrid pension plan options. Would not apply ... read more

HB 749 Summary

  • Public Safety Employee Benefit
  • Service Credit Purchase
0698 Bonner Would allow State Police officers to purchase up to five years of retirement credit for prior service as a municipal police officer if the service was conducted within the Commonwealth. ... read more

HB 778 Summary

  • Actuarial Reporting
  • Studies
0727 Conklin Would change due dates associated with annual stress test reports. SERS stress test would be required to be published by October 1 (currently July 1) of each year, and sent to the Governor, the General Assembly and the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO). The IFO's report, as detailed in statute, would ... read more

HB 1261 Summary

  • Actuarial Reporting
  • Administrative Operations
  • Investments
1385 Miller The bill would require both the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) to stream board meetings live for public access, and post unedited video and records of those meetings online and to retain them online for three years, and maintained internally for seven. ... read more