March 24, 2026, Pension Commission Meeting

Agenda

1. Approval of the March 17, 2026, meeting minutes.‑ Approved
    
2. SF4410 (Pappas); HF4069 (Feist): TRA and SPTRFA; modifying definition of teacher to exclude J-1 visa holders; requiring refunds of employee contributions. ‑ Amended, laid over
   • Amendment S4410-1A‑ Adopted
   • SF4410-HF4069 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Matthew Conley, Lattice Teachers
     • Melissa Schaller, Executive Director of Student Services, Intermediate School District 917
     • Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota, Lobbyist
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Letter of Support from ISD 917 and ISD 199
     • Letter of Support from Lakeville Area Schools
          
3. Revisor No. 26-07808 (Pappas): Secure Choice Retirement Program; revising definitions, covered employer requirements, annual reporting; prohibiting disclosure of confidential information; making administrative changes.‑ Passed as amended
   • Amendment 26-07808-1A‑ Adopted
   • Revisor No. 26-07808 Summary
   • Submitted testimony:
     • Cathy McLeer, State Director, AARP Minnesota
     • Brian Cook, Director of Tax, Fiscal Policy, and Elections, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
     • Jon Boesche, State Director, National Federation of Independent Business
        
4. Recommendations of the Probation Officers and 911 Telecommunicators Pension Plans Work Group
   • LCPR Staff Presentation
   • Summary of Probation and Telecommunicator Work Group Bills
   • Report of the Work Group and Appendix
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-013: New MSRS Subplan‑ Laid over
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-017: New PERA Plan‑ Laid over
     • Amendment LCPR26-017-1A‑ Withdrawn
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-012: Technical changes‑ Laid over
   • Appendix C to the Standards for Actuarial Work
   • Testifiers:
   • General Testimony
     • Anne Finn, Intergovernmental Relations Director, League of Minnesota Cities
     • Darlene Pankonie, ENP, Emergency Communications Response Center Manager, Washington County Sheriff's Office; President, Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials and National Emergency Number Association (APCO-NENA);
       • Letter of Support for LCPR26-012, LCPR26-013, LCPR26-017
     • Mike LeDoux, Director of Legislative Affairs, Law Enforcement Labor Services (LELS)
       • Letter of Support from LELS, MN State Patrol Troopers Association, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agents Association, and MN Department of Correctional Fugitive Apprehension Agents Association
   • Testimony on New MSRS Subplan
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
     • Devin Bruce, Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
   • Testimony on New PERA Plan
     • Nicole Kern, Director, Community Corrections Morrison County; testifying on behalf of the MN Community Corrections Act Counties (MACCAC)
     • Dr. Tami Jo Lieberg, Director, Kandiyohi Community Corrections; Former President, Minnesota Corrections Association (MCA); Legislative Co-Chair, MACCAC; Public Safety Liaison, Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)
     • Jim Hawkins, Probation Officer, Ramsey County; International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 320 (Teamsters Local 320)
     • Nathan Jesson, Executive Director, Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA)
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Letter from Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and Amy Strenge, Policy Coordinator, PERA
     • Letter from Kevin Glass, President, Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers (MACPO)
     • Letter from Matthew Hilgart, Deputy Director, AMC; Nathan Jesson, Executive Director, MICA
     • MACPO, MCA, MAPE, Teamsters Local 320, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 5 Handout
     • Anne Glidden Felber, Career Probation Officer
        
5. If time permits:
    
5. HF4429 (Nadeau): TRA and SPTRFA; lowering the age at which a TRA member may enter into a return-to-work agreement; extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching.
   • HF4429 Summary
      
6. SF4588 (Frentz); HF4517 (Lillie): MSRS, PERA, TRA; moving investment return assumption for calculating joint and survivor annuities from statute to the Standards' Appendix.
   • SF4588-HF4517 Summary
      
7. SF4587 (Westlin): Eliminating the requirement that 403(b) and 457(b) vendors and administrators annually file investment fees and rates of return with the LCPR.
   • SF4587 Summary

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Persons interested in testifying must email Mollie Pierson at mollie.pierson@lcpr.mn.gov by 4:00 PM on Monday, March 23, identifying the specific agenda item on which you would like to testify, your name, organization and title (if applicable), email address, and phone number. Testimony is limited to the items on the agenda. To submit written testimony on an agenda item, please submit documents to the Commission staff (mollie.pierson@lcpr.mn.gov) by 4:00 PM on Monday, March 23,.

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