State Government - Pensions And Retirement
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [HB-1339]
Authorizing certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to participate in the Employees' Pension System; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights; requiring certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to make a certain election on a certain date; providing for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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State Retirement Agency - Report on Employer Contribution Rate Impact of Teacher Salary Increases [HB-1250]
Requiring the State Retirement Agency, on or before December 15, 2025, to report to the General Assembly certain information pertaining to the fiscal impact on employer contribution rates in the Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems from certain teacher base salary increases and certain teacher career ladder increases for certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Forest Heights Police Department - Membership [HB-1320]
Authorizing certain law enforcement employees of the Forest Heights Police Department to participate in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; providing that membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Forest Heights Police Department; providing for certain employees of the Forest Heights Police Department to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System and Teachers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Establishment [HB-1388]
Establishing a Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain members of the Employees' Pension System and the Teachers' Pension System; and requiring the State Retirement Agency to seek a certain determination letter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees - Repeal [HB-1072]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to certify certain employer contribution rates each fiscal year; requiring the employer contribution rates to include recognition of certain administrative and operational expenses; repealing a requirement that certain administrative and operational expenses of the State Retirement and Pension System and the State Retirement Agency be funded by charging each participating employer an administrative fee for each system participant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Third Reading Passed (136-1) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Eligibility [HB-1102]
Authorizing certain members and former members of the State Retirement and Pension System to receive credit for certain military service even if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individual from receiving credit more than once.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees - Repeal [SB-862]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to certify certain employer contribution rates each fiscal year; requiring the employer contribution rates to include recognition of certain administrative and operational expenses; repealing a requirement that certain administrative and operational expenses of the State Retirement and Pension System and the State Retirement Agency be funded by charging each participating employer an administrative fee for each system participant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Forest Heights Police Department - Membership [SB-865]
Authorizing certain law enforcement employees of the Forest Heights Police Department to participate in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; providing that membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Forest Heights Police Department; providing for certain employees of the Forest Heights Police Department to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [SB-864]
Authorizing certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to participate in the Employees' Pension System; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights; requiring certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to make a certain election on a certain date; providing for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Division - Compensation and Staffing Committee [HB-1028]
Repealing the Objective Criteria Committee of the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System and establishing a Compensation and Staffing Committee of the Board of Trustees; requiring the Committee to make certain recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding the objective criteria to be used in setting compensation and awarding financial incentives to the Chief Investment Officer and Investment Division staff in the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System and State Police Retirement System - Line-of-Duty Catastrophic Injury Disability [SB-812]
Requiring a certain line-of-duty disability allowance to be paid to a member of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System or the State Police Retirement System who is found to be disabled and unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 2/27 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Division - Compensation and Staffing [SB-810]
Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System shall pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency in a certain manner; clarifying that the Board of Trustees shall pay certain incentive compensation to certain employees of the Investment Division if the employees retire from the Investment Division in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Limitations - Maximum Average Final Compensation [HB-1033]
Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in order to be exempt from a certain reemployment earnings limitation; and adding an average final compensation reemployment exemption for the temporary suspension of a retirement allowance for disability retirees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System – Alterations and Clarifications [HB-1034]
Altering certain due dates of certain reports from the State Retirement and Pension System; and clarifying the eligibility requirements of State Police Retirement System members to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [HB-1029]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [SB-768]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Limitations - Maximum Average Final Compensation [SB-693]
Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in order to be exempt from a certain reemployment earnings limitation; and adding an average final compensation reemployment exemption for the temporary suspension of a retirement allowance for disability retirees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System – Deferred Vested Former Members – Return to Service [HB-886]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service, and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances, is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Alterations and Clarifications [SB-692]
Altering certain due dates of certain reports from the State Retirement and Pension System; and clarifying the eligibility requirements of State Police Retirement System members to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Deferred Vested Former Members - Return to Service [SB-612]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025