State Pensions And Retirement
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Exception [HB-380]
Providing that specified retirees of the Judges' Retirement System may receive additional service credit for military service if the retiree has at least 9 years of service credit earned through employment by a specified date, is unable to accumulate 10 years of service credit for military service due to mandatory retirement at age 70, became a retiree due to mandatory retirement, has a specified amount of service credit at the time of retirement, and purchases a specified amount of service credit after retirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/16/2015
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Frederick County Public Charter School Program - Establishment [HB-30]
Establishing the Frederick County Public Charter School Program; establishing the Frederick County Public Charter School Board; authorizing an applicant for a specified charter in Frederick County to apply under the Maryland Public Charter School Program or the Frederick County Public Charter School Program; granting the County Council of Frederick County public chartering authority for granting specified charters under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Schulz
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Credit for Unused Sick Leave - Clarification [HB-217]
Clarifying that a member of the State Retirement and Pension System may not receive creditable service for unused sick leave at retirement unless the leave was available to the member to be used as sick leave during employment; and clarifying the definition of "unused sick leave" to specify that the leave must have been available to be used as sick leave during employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 230 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Alternate Contributory Pension Selection - Return to Employment [HB-1121]
Allowing an individual to resume participation in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection in the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System if the individual has been separated from employment for more than 4 years, has, by a specified date, accrued the minimum amount of eligibility service needed to be eligible for a vested allowance, and has returned, by June 30, 2016, to employment in a position included in the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Service Credit for Leave of Absence - Extension of Purchase Period [SB-939]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency, under specified circumstances, to extend the period of time during which specified members of the State Retirement and Pension System who are separated from employment may purchase service credit for a specified leave of absence; requiring a specified purchase of service credit to be made within a specified time period; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Trust [SB-921]
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: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 8:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Parole and Probation Employees - Membership in Correctional Officers' Retirement System [SB-916]
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. Nathaniel McFadden
Hearing 3/12 At 8:30 A.m. on 03/12/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Pension System - Concessionaires and Other Private Entities - Participation [SB-885]
Requiring a concessionaire or other private entity that performs services under a public-private partnership that includes specified activities related to a transit facility and the employees of the concessionaire or other private entity to participate in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Hearing 2/20 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [SB-763]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot County who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [SB-665]
Altering the positions eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include security chief, facility administrator, assistant warden, and warden; 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. Richard Madaleno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 188 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Penalty for Failure to Submit Certification [SB-576]
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 specified 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. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 180 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Code Simplification and Clarification [SB-575]
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; providing that specified retirees of the Judges' Retirement System are exempt from a specified reemployment earnings limitation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 304 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State and Local Retirement and Pension Systems - Assignment of Benefits to Trust for Disabled Individuals [SB-403]
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: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/06 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Governor - Pension and Health Benefits [SB-235]
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; applying the specified provisions of the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 477 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Exception [SB-188]
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: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 2/06 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Reformed Contributory Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Prior Eligibility Service [SB-1082]
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: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 577 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
General Assembly Compensation Commission - Recommendations - Employees' Pension System [HJR-1]
Rejecting items included in the Resolution of the General Assembly Compensation Commission in 2014; providing that provisions related to salaries and benefits shall be as provided in the Resolution of the General Assembly Compensation Commission submitted in 2010 and amended by Joint Resolution 4 of 2010, except that items related to retirement benefits shall be amended to require specified members of the Legislative Pension Plan to participate in the Employees' Pension System of the State Retirement and Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Expanded Eligibility [HB-839]
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. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [HB-805]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot county who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-708]
Altering the positions eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include security chief, facility administrator, assistant warden, and warden; 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: Rep. Neil Parrott
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014