State Pensions And Retirement
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Member Contribution Rate - Reduction [HB-655]
Reducing the rate of member contributions for specified members of the Employees' Pension System, Teachers' Pension System, and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/03/2014
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Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Penalty for Failure to Submit Certification [HB-630]
Altering the amount a local school system or the Maryland School for the Deaf must pay as a penalty for failing to submit to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System and the State Department of Education within a specified period of time a specified certification regarding retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed by a local school system or the Maryland School for the Deaf and are exempt from a specified retirement allowance offset.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Code Simplification and Clarification [HB-612]
Clarifying that specified references to individual retirement accounts include traditional and Roth individual retirement accounts; clarifying that a member of the Employees' Pension System who resumes employment before a specified date may resume participation in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection if the employer participates in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection; clarifying that the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit does not apply to employees of specified participating governmental units; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Cash Balance Plan Option [HB-609]
Establishing a cash balance plan under the State Retirement and Pension System; exempting specified individuals who elect to participate in the cash balance plan from the requirement to join the Employees' Pension System as a condition of employment; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to administer the cash balance plan and adopt specified regulations; providing the vesting requirements for participating employees in the cash balance plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Employees - Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Criminal Conviction [HB-377]
Prohibiting the payment of retirement benefits payable from the State Retirement and Pension System to employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services who are convicted of or enter a plea of nolo contendere for specified crimes; requiring a specified court to order the forfeiture of retirement benefits under specified circumstances; requiring a specified court to order the restoration of retirement benefits under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Governor - Pension and Health Benefits [HB-231]
Authorizing a former Governor of Maryland who began serving as Governor on or after January 21, 2015, and the surviving spouse to enroll and participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program under specified circumstances; specifying the amount of the State subsidy for the Program for a former Governor and the surviving spouse; altering eligibility requirements for a former Governor to receive a normal service retirement allowance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/24 At 4:00 P.m. on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Optional Retirement Program - Payment of Benefits - Criteria [HB-194]
Requiring benefits from the Optional Retirement Program to be payable beginning at the earlier of the date that a participating employee separates from employment or becomes 70 years and 6 months old; and providing that obligations or rights under presently existing annuity contracts may not be impaired by the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Reformed Contributory Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Prior Eligibility Service [HB-1483]
Authorizing a member of the State Reformed Contributory Employees' Pension System or the State Reformed Contributory Teachers' Pension System who meets specified requirements to combine specified prior eligibility service in the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System with the member's current service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Costa
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 578 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Exception [HB-128]
Providing that specified members of the Judges' Retirement System may receive additional service credit for military service if the member has a specified amount of service credit earned through employment by a specified date, is unable to accumulate 10 years of service credit due to mandatory retirement at age 70, becomes a retiree due to mandatory retirement, and has a specified amount of service credit at the time of retirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Frank
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Baltimore City Detention Center - Transfer of Ownership [HB-1274]
Abolishing the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the transfer of property, assets, licenses, credits, and rights of the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Mayor of Baltimore City; requiring the State to pay all the operating and capital costs of the Baltimore City Detention Center in fiscal years 2015 through 2017, one-half the costs in 2018, and providing that Baltimore City pay all the operating and capital costs in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Trust [HB-1251]
Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Board to implement, maintain, and administer the Program and the Trust; requiring eligible employers to offer the Program and requiring eligible employees to participate in the Program unless written notice to opt out is provided to the employer; authorizing the Comptroller to enforce employer compliance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Parole and Probation Employees - Membership in Correctional Officers' Retirement System [HB-1209]
Altering the positions eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include specified agents of the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; authorizing specified individuals to cease membership in the Employees' Pension System and enroll in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; authorizing specified individuals to transfer service credit from the Employees' Pension System to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State and Local Retirement and Pension Systems - Assignment of Benefits to Trust for Disabled Individuals [HB-1201]
Authorizing the assignment of a retirement or pension allowance from the State Retirement and Pension System or a local retirement or pension system to a specified type of trust for the benefit of specified individuals who are disabled, as defined under federal law; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations; requiring the board of trustees for a local retirement or pension system to adopt rules or regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Sophocleus
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Correctional, Police, and Law Enforcement Officers - Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Criminal Conviction [HB-1171]
Prohibiting the payment of retirement benefits payable from the State Retirement and Pension System to specified correctional officers, police officers, and law enforcement officers who are convicted of or enter a plea of nolo contendere for specified crimes; requiring a specified court to order the forfeiture of specified retirement benefits under specified circumstances; requiring a specified court to order the restoration of specified retirement benefits under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Prince George's County Officials - Membership PG 418-14 [HB-1047]
Providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for specified individuals employed by Prince George's County in specified positions on or after specified dates; requiring individuals who elect to join the Employees' Pension System to make the election within a specified period of time; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is prohibited for specified individuals; requiring the State Retirement Agency to provide a specified report on or before December 1, 2014, to the Joint Committee on Pensions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
City of College Park Employees - Participation in the Employees' Pension System PG 404-14 [HB-1046]
Requiring specified employees of the City of College Park who are employed by the City of College Park on the date the City of College Park joins the Employees' Pension System to participate in the Employees' Pension System as of that date; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for specified employees of the City of College Park; providing for specified employees of the City of College Park to receive service credit equal to 60% of the employee's service with the City of College Park; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 635 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees [SB-908]
Requiring retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are reemployed under specified circumstances to terminate participation in a Deferred Retirement Option Program and receive a specified lump sum payment before being reemployed by the Natural Resources Police Force; requiring that specified retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are reemployed and injured under specified circumstances receive a specified adjustment to their retirement allowance; requiring a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Robey
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - County Representation [SB-885]
Adding two trustees to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to represent the interests of county governments; establishing the qualifications of the trustees; providing for the appointment of the trustees; and providing that the trustees serve staggered terms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 3/07 At 8:30 A.m. on 03/07/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Service Credit for Unused Sick Leave [SB-813]
Making members of the State Retirement and Pension System eligible to receive creditable service at retirement for the total amount of unused sick leave accrued by the member in specified systems in the State Retirement and Pension System under specified circumstances; providing for the calculation of the creditable service for unused sick leave accrued by a member in specified systems; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services and the State Retirement Agency to provide a specified report on or before December 1, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 556 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension Systems - Cost-of-Living Adjustments - Simplification and Clarification [SB-801]
Clarifying the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments for State retirement or pension systems; clarifying the applicability of specified cost-of-living adjustments to specified State retirement or pension systems and to specified participants in those systems; consolidating provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments that apply to all of the cost-of-living adjustments; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the purpose of the Act is to clarify, and not to substantively alter benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 550 on 05/16/2013