Listed in descending Senate File order with recent intros appearing first (House bills with no Senate companion are last). Last updated: 3/25/2022
Senate File | House File | Plan | Description | Hearing |
Summary/ Fiscal Note |
LCPR Action |
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S4347-Housley | HF4596-Dettmer | TRA, SPTRFA Plan |
Reinstates the Rule of 90 and increasing employee contributions to pay for Rule of 90 benefit. | -- | -- | -- |
S4335-Cwodzinski | HF4623-Sandstede | TRA, SPTRFA Plan |
Authorizes the purchase of service credit for periods of service as a teacher in other states. | -- | -- | -- |
SF4294-Frentz | HF4306-Murphy | All | Increases COLAs, temporarily reduces employee contribution rates, reduces the investment rate of return actuarial assumption, increases and extends direct state aid to the PERA Police & Fire, St. Paul Teachers, and Judges retirement plans. NOTE: See HF4293, the House omnibus state government finance and elections, veterans, pensions, and transportation supplemental budget bill, for many of these provisions. |
-- | Summary | -- |
SF4270-Rarick | HF4139-Olson, L. | PERA | Excludes Duluth Transit Authority employees who are covered by a Teamsters pension plan from PERA membership. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF4250-McEwen | -- | All | Restores augmentation of deferred annuities for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019. | -- | -- | -- |
SF4091-Pratt | HF4355-Noor | MSRS | Omnibus jobs, energy and commerce policy and supplemental appropriations. NOTE: Senate file contains the study of benefit adequacy for disabled or injured police officers in Art. 2, Sec. 2, Para. (a). No comparable provision in the House file. |
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SF4071-Rosen | HF3572-Her | MSRS | Reduces the MSRS investment rate of return assumption to 7%. | -- | -- | -- |
SF4070-Howe | HF4343-Nelson, M. | State Patrol | Eliminates the cap on accrual rates (currently 33 yrs). | -- | -- | -- |
SF4069-Howe | HF4342-Nelson, M. | State Patrol | Contribution rates; reduces employee and increases employer. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3975-Kiffmeyer | HF4293-Nelson, M. | All plans | Omnibus state government finance bill. NOTE: House file contains pension provisions, see Art. 7 Temporary Postretirement Adjustments, Art. 8 Actuarial Assumption for Investment Rate of Return, Art. 9 Direct State Aid, and Art. 10 Pension Plans Appropriation. |
-- | Summary of pension articles in House File | |
SF3943-Howe | HF4026-Long | PERA Police & Fire |
Duty disability determination timeline modified, treatment required as park of workers' compensation benefits required, peace officer and firefighter preservice and in-service wellness training required, and money appropriated. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3931-Housley | HF4156-Dettmer | TRA, SPTRFA | Restores the Rule of 90 for members of TRA and SPTRFA (identical to SF3649-Cwodzinski. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3872-Draheim | HF4186-Pfarr | MSRS Correctional | Adds dental hygienist to the list of covered correctional service positions for employees of the Department of Human Services. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF3649-Cwodzinski | HF3942-Sandstede | TRA, SPTRFA | Restores the Rule of 90 for members of TRA and SPTRFA. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3605-Rosen | -- | PERA Police & Fire |
Enhances the benefit formula; makes technical changes. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3604-Senjem | -- | PERA Police & Fire |
Permits retired members to return to work while receiving an annuity. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3603-Jasinski | -- | PERA Police & Fire |
Reduces vesting requirements. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3602-Duckworth | -- | PERA Police & Fire |
Modifies disability provisions to provide for a minimum of 60 months of disability benefits. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3601-Rosen | -- | PERA Police & Fire |
Reduces employee contribution rates and increases employer contribution rates. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3558-Cwodzinski | HF3773-Sandstede | PERA, TRA, SPTRFA | Provides for 24 months of allowable service credit for every 12 months of service for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022. | -- | -- | -- |
SF3556-Frentz | HF3671-Frederick | MSRS Correctional | Adds residential program lead to the list of covered correctional service positions for employees of the Department of Human Services | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF3542-Rosen | HF4018-Nelson, M. | State Board of Investment |
Makes administrative and technical changes clarifying the classification of SBI professional employees. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF3541-Rosen | HF4016-Nelson, M. | All | Establishes a work group to study member communications by the statewide pension systems. | 3/15/2022 | -- | Laid over |
SF3540-Rosen | HF4017-Nelson, M. | Volunteer Fire Relief Associations |
State Auditor's Volunteer Fire Relief Association Working Group bill. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF3499-Rarick | HF3704-Sundin | MSRS Correctional | Authorizes the transfer of service credit from the MSRS general plan to the correctional plan upon payment by an eligible member. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Passed |
SF3402-Bigham | HF3777-Huot | PERA Statewide Vol. Fire Plan |
Adds vesting alternatives, removes alternative pension for members with less than five years of service, clarifies procedures for joining the plan | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF3302-Jasinski | HF3838-Howard | Fire & police state aid |
Makes various policy and technical changes to the fire state aid and police state aid programs | -- | -- | -- |
SF3048-Duckworth | HF2610-Rasmusson | VFRAs | Requires the State Auditor to provide an investment report to volunteer firefighters relief associations. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended passed |
SF3013-Howe | HF899-Nelson | PERA | Assesses withdrawal liability on hospitals and nursing homes that privatize. | -- | Summary | -- |
SF2957-Kiffmeyer | HF3136-Bahner | MSRS, PERA | Permits payment of retirement annuities during employment as a health care worker. | 2/08/2022 | Summary | Amended, Passed |
SF2913-Bigham | HF4012-Masin | TRA, SPTRFA | Suspends the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Passed |
SF2810-Benson | HF3266-Bahr | PERA | Restores segmented annuities to members who have breaks in public employment. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Passed |
SF2734-Frentz | HF3228-Frederick | IRAP | MN State IRAP employer contribution percentage increase. | -- | -- | -- |
SF2614-Anderson | HF2690-Lueck | MSRS | Adds the right to purchase service credit for periods of military service beyond the federally protected right. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Passed |
SF2591-Osmek | HF2964-Hertaus | MSRS | Permits the survivor of a deceased state employee to purchase service credit to receive an annuity death benefit. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Passed |
SF2546-Pappas | -- | All | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to provide disability assessments. | 3/22/2022 | Summary | Amended, passed |
SF2418-Rosen | HF2506-Dettmer | MSRS | Extends the Rule of 90 by one month, member pays actuarial cost. | -- | -- | -- |
SF2417-Rosen | HF2507-Dettmer | MSRS | Extends the Rule of 90 by one month. | -- | -- | -- |
SF1547-Jasinski, 1st Engr. | HF1577-Koznick | (PERA) | Requires the Department of Labor and Industry study of benefit adequacy for disabled or injured police officers. (fiscal impact). NOTE: this study and an appropriation are contained in SF4091, 4th Engrossment, Article 2, Section 2, Paragraph (a), on page 33. |
3/22/2022 | Summary Fiscal note |
Passed (SF1547, 1st Engr.) |
SF1167-Rosen | HF1387-Nelson, M. | PERA P&F | Modifies disability provisions for members age 55 and older. | -- | -- | -- |
House bills with no Senate companion | ||||||
-- | HF4015-Nelson, M. | Legislators Plan |
Provides for a lump-sum payment of an unreduced annuity retroactive to the date a deferred member reached age 62. | -- | -- | -- |
-- | HF3771-Nelson, M. | All | Increases post-retirement adjustments for MSRS, PERA, TRA, and St. Paul Teachers. | -- | -- | -- |
-- | HF3258-Hornstein | SBI | Requiring divestment from certain investments related to fossil fuels. | -- | -- | -- |
-- | HF2862-Dettmer | MSRS, PERA, TRA, SPTRFA | Extends Rule of 90 benefit eligibility by one month to members hired after June 30, 1989, and before August 1, 1989. | -- | -- | -- |
-- | HF2716-Thompson | PERA-P&F, State Patrol | Requires forfeiture of a peace officer's pension upon felony conviction. | -- | -- | -- |
-- | HF1678-Youakim | PERA | Reinstates the 1997 state aid to local govts. to fund increased employer contributions to PERA. | 3/2/2021 | Summary | Passed LCPR but not enacted |
Senate File | House File | Plan | Description |
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SF4018-Duckworth | -- | Public Safety |
Expands eligibility for public safety officer survivor benefits . |
SF3928-Housley | -- | SBI; state government |
Requires divestment from certain investments relating to Russia; terminating contracts with Russian entities. |
SF3567-Putnam | HF3904-Huot | N/A | Provides a subtraction from individual income tax for public safety officers and firefighters. |
SF3546-Rosen | HF3749-Olson, B. | N/A | Establishes an income tax subtraction for volunteer fire and rescue workers. |
SF3538-Howe | HF3902-Demuth | N/A | Provides a subtraction from individual income tax for public safety officers and firefighters. |
SF3409-Latz | HF4406-Hollins | N/A | Revisor's technical corrections bill (contains technical corrections to 352F.04, 353G.08, 354.35, 477A.017). |
SF3384-Pappas | HF4029-Long | SBI | Mandates a report on the impact of climate change on fossil fuel investments currently held by the State Board of Investment. |
SF3383-Pappas | HF4028-Long | SBI | Requires divestment from certain investments relating to fossil fuels; requires a report. |
-- | HF3930-Frederick | N/A | Increases the maximum individual income tax subtraction for Social Security benefits, allows a subtraction for certain pension benefits. |
-- | HF3753-Davids | N/A | Allows a credit for certain wages paid to emergency responder employees. |
-- | HF3619-Mueller | N/A | Provides a subtraction from individual income tax for public safety pension benefits. |
-- | HF3461-Lislegard | N/A | Provides a subtraction from individual income tax for pension from "basic" plans. |
-- | HF3258-Hornstein | SBI | Requires divestment from certain investments relating to fossil fuels; requires a report. |