State Pensions And Retirement
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees [HB-390]
Adding a trustee to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to represent the interests of county governments; establishing the qualifications of the trustee; and requiring that the Governor appoint the trustee, who may be from a list submitted by the Maryland Association of Counties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 535 on 05/16/2013
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State Retirement and Pension System - Truth in Pension Accounting Act [HB-387]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt a specified assumed rate of investment return in its adoption of specified actuarial assumptions for the State Retirement and Pension System.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail Bates
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative and Operational Expenses - Payments and Deductions [HB-379]
Repealing the requirement to reduce specified amounts the Governor is required to include in the budget bill for payment to the State Retirement and Pension System by the amount of administrative and operational expenses for the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency paid by specified local employers; and repealing the authorization for specified local employers to deduct specified amounts from specified required employer contributions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Correction of Errors in Benefits [HB-376]
Altering the conditions under which the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System is required to correct an error that results in a retiree or beneficiary receiving a benefit that differs from the benefit the retiree or beneficiary is entitled to receive.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 221 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Phased Retirement for Maryland State Employees [HB-258]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Phased Retirement for Maryland State Employees; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding a phased retirement option for experienced State employees; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/21 At 8:30 A.m. on 03/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Full Pension Funding Act [HB-239]
Phasing out the current method for determining employer contribution rates for the employees' and teachers' retirement and pension systems over a 10-year period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 02/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Pension and Retirement Health Benefits - Child Support Enforcement Administration Employees - Transferees from Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office [HB-1518]
Allowing specified former employees of the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office who were transferred on or before October 1, 2012, to the Employees' Pension System of the State of Maryland and the State Personnel Management System as employees of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to elect to remain in the Employees' Pension System or to elect to terminate membership in the Employees' Pension System and be reinstated as members of the Employees' Retirement System of the City of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees [HB-1426]
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; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Report on Proposal to Authorize Counties to Elect Alternate Pension Options for Teachers [HB-1414]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to submit a report on or before December 31, 2013, to specified committees of the General Assembly on specified transitional statutory provisions that may be necessary if legislation were enacted to authorize a governing body of a county to elect to alter, prospectively, the form of pension benefits of specified county board employees; requiring the report to include specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - County Representation [HB-1384]
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. Andrew Serafini
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Expanded Eligibility [HB-1383]
Authorizing additional members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program for 2 years if the member has at least 29 years and fewer than 34 years of creditable service; and altering the formula for computing the normal service retirement allowance of specified members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are participating in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McDermott
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/22/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust [HB-1318]
Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust and the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board; authorizing the 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; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Public Officials Charged with or Convicted of a Crime [HB-1264]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Public Officials Charged with or Convicted of a Crime; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the possible forfeiture or suspension of retirement benefits for public officials when charged with or convicted of a criminal act; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before November 30, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Elected or Appointed Officials - Membership [HB-1024]
Prohibiting specified individuals who are serving in specified elected or appointed positions from being members of the Employees' Pension System while serving in those positions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McDermott
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Kent County [HB-1614]
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for local detention center officers of Kent County who are officers in Kent County before the effective date, and who remain local detention center officers of Kent county through the effective date of the County's participation in the System; providing that a certain individual is entitled to eligibility service and creditable service that was earned before the effective date; providing for the transfer of creditable service for a certain individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Personnel and Pensions - Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport Retirees - Health Benefits [HB-1574]
Authorizing retirees who began employment with the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department before October 1, 1993, and who are receiving a retirement allowance from the Baltimore City Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; and authorizing a surviving spouse and surviving dependent children of certain deceased retirees to participate in the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees [HB-1230]
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discontinued for certain Medicare-eligible retirees who began State service on or after July 1, 2011, and their Medicare-eligible spouses and dependent children; repealing the Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug Coverage Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Malone
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-1310]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving as case management specialist I, II, or III, or a case management specialist supervisor in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the calculation of a certain benefit from the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for individuals serving in certain positions on or before June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Management Fees [HB-1254]
Altering a requirement that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System provide a quarterly estimate of certain external investment management services; prohibiting the Board of Trustees from incurring fees for external investment management services that exceed 0.2% of the market value of invested assets as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year; exempting from the prohibition certain fees incurred under a contract entered into on or before June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [SB-1004]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving as a case management specialist I, II, or III, or a case management specialist supervisor in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the calculation of a certain benefit from the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for individuals serving in certain positions on or before June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 03/14/2020