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2023 Session Pension/Retirement Bills
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2023 Session Pension/Retirement Bills
Listed in descending House File order with recent intros appearing first (Senate bills with no House companion are last). Last updated: 5/17/2023
| House File | Senate File | Plan | Description | Hearing |
Summary/ Fiscal Note |
LCPR Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF3294-Wolgamott | SF3314-Cwodzinski | TRA | Lowering the normal retirement age to age 64; increasing employee and employer contributions for TRA and the Higher Education Individual Retirement Account Plan.. | 5/4/2023 | Summary | No Action |
| HF3286-Nelson, M. | SF3316-Frentz | VFRAs | State Auditor's volunteer firefighter working group recommendations. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF3212-Nelson, M. | SF3179-Frentz | State Patrol; PERA P&F | Reducing employee contribution rates; increasing postretirement adjustments; modifying vesting and return to work requirements, decreasing the employer contribution rate, and adding a supplemental employer contribution for the public employees police and fire retirement plan; reducing the investment rate of return actuarial assumption; reducing interest rates; increasing and adding direct state aids. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF3181-Davids | SF3177-Murphy | Teacher plans | Rule of 90. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF3100-Her | SF3162-Frentz | TRA | TRA board benefit and funding proposal. | 4/3/23 | Summaries | Adopted as amended |
| HF2950-Her | SF3016-Frentz | Pension and Retirement Omnibus Policy Bill | 3/22/2023 | Summaries | Passed as amended | |
| HF2940-Klevorn | SF2979-Murphy | Most plans | State government finance bill; contains appropriations for the plans and a one-time post-retirement adjustment of 2.5% in 2024. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF2928-Nelson, M. | SF3025-Pappas | VFRAs | State Auditor's Volunteer Firefighter Working Group recommendation on audit requirement threshold increase. | 3/16/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF2785-Scott | SF2799-Bahr | MSRS | Service credit transfer from the general plan to the correctional plan for a Department of Corrections educator. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF2780-Garofalo | SF2833-Lieske | PERA Police & Fire | Increasing the reemployment earnings limit applicable to disability benefit payments. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF2777-Hudella | PERA SVF | Requirements applicable to relief association after affiliated fire department joins statewide volunteer firefighter retirement plan. | 3/16/23 | Summary | Laid over | |
| HF2713-Nelson, M. | SF23714-Frentz | PERA | Increase postretirement adjustments for members receiving a basic (no social security) member annuity from the PERA general plan; providing funding. | 3/20/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF2487-Wolgamott | SF2897-Seeberger | PERA DC | Elected local government officers may continue in defined contribution plan upon becoming appointed officers; eligibility for all appointed clerks, treasurers, and deputies. (see HF 1669) | -- | -- | -- |
| HF2308-Wolgamott | SF1910-Frentz | MnState IRAP | Increases the Higher Educcation Individual Retirement Account Plan (IRAP) employer contribution rate. | 2/27/23 | Summary | Amended, laid over |
| HF2222-Wolgamott | SF1938-Frentz | TRA, St. Paul Teachers | Providing for unreduced retirement at age 62 or with 35 years of service; restoring deferred annuities augmentation for teachers; providing additional service credit for school employees; modifying postretirement adjustments to tie increases to inflation; increasing employer contributions; increasing the pension adjustment revenue for school districts; appropriating money. | 3/06/23 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF2007-Robbins | SF1975-Limmer | PERA SVF; Hamel & Loretto VFRAs | Providing for a mid-year effective date for joining the Public Employees Retirement Association statewide volunteer firefighter plan for the Hamel and Loretto firefighters relief associations; authorizing PERA to merge the assets and liabilities related to retirement benefits for firefighters in the merged Hamel and Loretto fire departments. | 3/16/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF1923-Wolgamott | SF2140-Seeberger | PERA Police & Fire | Permitting the transfer of service credit from the general employees retirement plan to the police and fire retirement plan for two employees of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. | 3/20/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF1669-Anderson, P.H. | SF3169-Rasmusson | PERA DC | Elected local government officers may continue in defined contribution plan upon becoming appointed officers; eligibility for all appointed clerks, treasurers, and deputies. | 3/20/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF1499-Olson, L. | SF1420-McEwen | IRAP, TRA | Permits certain Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College employees to elect TRA coverage and receive retroactive service credit. | 2/27/23 | Summary | Laid over |
| HF1468-Nelson, M. | SF1377-Rasmusson | MSRS, PERA, TRA, SPTRFA | Reduce the assumed rate of return for MSRS, PERA, TRA, and St. Paul Teachers (SPTRFA) plans to 7%. | 2/13/2023 | Summary | Amended, laid over |
| HF1430-Wolgamott | SF1389-Rasmusson | TRA | Teachers Retirement Association 2023 administrative bill. | 2/6/2023 | Summary | Amended into HF1199/SF1308 H1199-DE1 |
| HF1234-Her | SF1959-Frentz | Public safety plans | Modifying peace officer duty disability provisions; requiring a report; appropriating money. | 3/20/2023 | Summaries | Recommended as amended |
| HF1201-Nelson | SF1393-Pappas | Supplemental plan restriction | Increases the employer contribution limit for public employer contributions to the Intl. Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) multiemployer plan. | 2/20/2023 | Summary or Fiscal Note | Laid over |
| HF1199-Wolgamott | SF1308-Murphy | MSRS | Minnesota State Retirement System 2023 administrative bill. | 2/6/2023 | Summary | Passed as amended |
| HF859-Frazier | SF1400-Rest | TRA | Remove cap on pay for teachers working for Education Minnesota. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF782-Becker-Finn | SF413-Pappas | Secure Choice | Establishes the Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program. | 3/27/2023 | Summaries | Passed as amended |
| HF778-Elkins | -- | PERA Police & Fire; State Patrol | Public safety disability; increase COLA to 3% for disability benefit recipients; individual income tax subtraction for certain duty disability benefits. | -- | -- | -- |
| HF217-Franson | SF809-Westrom | PERA SVF | Statewide volunteer firefighter plan, modifying service counted in determining vesting in a retirement benefit. | 3/16/2023 | Summary | Amended, Laid over |
Senate bills with no House companion: | ||||||
| -- | SF1995-Seeberger | IRAP, TRA | Authorizing a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities employee who is a member of the higher education individual retirement account plan to elect coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association and receive retroactive service credit. | 2/27/2023 | Summary | Laid over |
| -- | SF1742-Pappas | PERA | Public Employees Retirement Association 2023 administrative bill. | 2/6/2023 | Summary | Amended into HF1199/SF1308 H1199-DE1 |
| -- | SF1386-McEwen | MSRS, PERA, TRA, SPTRFA | Restores deferred annuities augmentation for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019. | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | SF1286-Pappas | St. Paul Teachers | Reducing the investment rate of return assumption and providing funding. | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | SF972-Howe | PERA | Modifying disability application procedures. | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | SF208-Howe | PERA | Extends the time period for making the member payment on military service credit purchases. | meeting date | Summary | Amended, laid over |
Other bills that may be of interest to public employees, retirees, and other interested parties
| House File | Senate File | Plan/Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| HF2367-Pinto | SF496-Frentz | Income tax | Establishing an income tax subtraction for public pension benefits. |
| HF1902-Hudson | SF940-Lucero | SBI | The Stop Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Social Credit Score Discrimination Act. Prohibits the State Board of Investment from investing in companies that boycott mining, energy production, production agriculture, or commercial lumber production; requires divestment. |
| HF1581-Becker-Finn | SF1497-Limmer | Revisor's bill | Makes technical changes to Section 352.91, subd. 3f (DHS correctional service personnel), and 477C.03, subd. 3 (excess police state aid). |
| HF1483-Moller | SF1449-Latz | Public safety | Community supervision agents included as public safety officers for line of duty death benefits. |
| HF1448-Davids | SF12-Miller | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF1372-Gomez | SF783-Rest | Income tax | Tax bill; contains changes to fire and police state aids, PERA SVF reporting provisions, and changes how tax is withheld from periodic and nonperiodic distributions. |
| HF1217-Zeleznikar | -- | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF835-Huot | -- | Income tax | Providing a subtraction for certain public safety/correctional pension income (PERA Police & Fire, PERA Correctional, MSRS Correctional, and State Patrol plans). |
| HF730-Bennett | SF492-Dornink | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF707-Koznick | SF1225-Lucero | SBI | Prohibiting the State Board of Investment (SBI) from investing in certain assets that exclude Minnesota-based energy or natural resources companies or Minnesota-based agricultural or livestock companies; requiring divestment of these assets; prohibiting certain types of discrimination in financial services. |
| HF701-McDonald | SF882-Gruenhagen | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF655-Pfarr | SF741-Draheim | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF604-Davis | SF711-Eichorn | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF557-Jacob | SF544-Drazkowski | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF516-Dotseth | -- | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF493-Robbins | SF1895-Murphy | Income tax | Allowing an income tax subtraction for all federally taxable Social Security income; other income tax provisions. |
| HF404-Howard | SF361-Jasinski | P&F state aid | Makes various policy and technical changes to the fire state aid and police state aid programs. |
| HF300-Lislegard | SF15-Putnam | Income tax | Establishing an income tax subtraction for public pension benefits. |
| HF199-Engen | -- | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF171-Davids | SF16-Gustafson | Income tax | Establishing an income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits and public pension benefits. |
| HF153-Davids | SF29-Nelson | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF136-Robbins | SF95-Rasmusson | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF131-O'Driscoll | SF139-Howe | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| HF98-Olson, B. | -- | Income tax | Establishing an income tax subtraction for volunteer fire and rescue workers. |
| -- | SF1294-Howe | Disabled peace officers health coverage | Requiring the state to fully fund costs related to the continuation of health insurance coverage for certain disabled or deceased peace officers or firefighters; appropriation. |
| -- | SF572-Limmer | Income tax | Allowing an unlimited income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits. |
| -- | SF416-Howe | Income tax | Providing for a full subtraction of taxable Social Security benefits for veterans and surviving spouses. |
| -- | SF415-Howe | Income tax | Providing a subtraction for certain public safety/correctional pension income (PERA Police &Fire, PERA Correctional, MSRS Correctional, and State Patrol plans). |
| -- | SF17-Seeberger | Income tax | Establishing an income tax subtraction for public pension benefits. |