Minnesota Legislature
Pension Commission Meeting Agenda for March 22, 2022
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| 1. | Approval of March 15, 2022, meeting minutes. Approved | 3/15/22 Minutes | |
| 2. | HF 4139 (L. Olson, Murphy, M. Nelson): PERA; Excludes from PERA coverage employees of the Duluth Transit Authority who are covered by a Teamsters pension plan.
Amended, passed
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Summary DTA Presentation |
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| 3. | Bills previously laid over and ready for approval for inclusion in the omnibus pension and retirement bill: | Summaries from previous meetings: |
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| a. SF 2591 (Osmek); HF 2964 (Hertaus): MSRS; Permits the survivor of a deceased state employee to purchase service credit to receive an annuity death benefit. Passed | S2591/H2964 Summary | ||
| b. SF 2614 (Anderson); HF 2690 (Lueck): MSRS; Authorizes purchases of service credit for military service similar to the PERA provisions for service credit purchases that are not federally protected. Passed | S2614/H2690 Summary | ||
| c. SF 3499 (Rarick); HF 3704 (Sundin): MSRS Correctional; Authorizes the transfer of service credit from the MSRS General Plan to the MSRS Correctional Plan upon payment by an eligible member. Passed | S3499/H3704 Summary | ||
d. SF 3556 (Frentz); HF 3671 (Frederick): MSRS Correctional; Adds Residential Program Lead to the list of positions at the Department of Human Services (DHS) that are covered by the MSRS Correctional Plan.
Amended, passed
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S3556/H3671 Summary DHS Letter |
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e. SF 3872 (Draheim); HF 4186 (Pfarr): MSRS Correctional; Adds Dental Hygienist to the list of positions at the Department of Human Services (DHS) that are covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) Correctional Plan.
Amended, passed
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S3872/H4186 Summary | ||
| f. SF 2810 (Benson); HF 3266 (Bahr): PERA; Restores segmented annuities to members who have breaks in public employment. Passed | S2810/H3266 Summary | ||
| g. SF 2913 (Bigham); HF 4012 (Masin): Teacher plans; Suspends earnings limitation on retired teachers who return to teaching, under Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) and St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA). Passed | S2913/H4012 Summary | ||
h. SF 3048 (Duckworth); HF 2610 (Rasmusson), as amended (draft engrossment): Requires volunteer firefighters relief association special fund assets to be invested with the State Board of Investment.
Amended, passed
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S3048/H2610 Summary Jungmann Letter |
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i. SF 3540 (Rosen); HF 4017 (Nelson, M.): State Auditor's Volunteer Fire Relief Association Working Group bill.
Amended, passed
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S3540/H4017 Summary | ||
| j. SF 3402 (Bigham); HF 3777 (Huot), as amended (draft engrossment): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; Adds vesting alternatives, removes pension reduction firefighters who retire during the first five years of joining the plan, modifies procedures for joining the plan. Passed as previously amended | S3402/H3777 Summary | ||
k. SF 2546 (Pappas), as amended (draft engrossment): All plans; Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to provide disability assessments.
Passed as amended
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S2546 Summary | ||
l. SF 3542 (Rosen); HF 4018 (Nelson, M.): State Board of Investment; Makes administrative and technical changes clarifying the classification of SBI professional employees.
Amended, passed
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S3542/H4018 Summary | ||
| m. SF 1547 (Jasinski), the first engrossment, as amended by the Senate Labor and Industry Policy Committee on 2/24/2022; HF 1577 (Koznick), as introduced: Requires the Department of Labor and Industry to study adequacy of workers compensation, disability and pension benefits for police officers. Passed (as SF1547, 1st Engr.) |
S1547/H1577 Summary Fiscal note |
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| 4. | 2022 Omnibus Pension and Retirement Bill, delete-everything amendment S3540-DE1. Passed as amended - Amendment S3540-3A, technical clarifications and corrections. Passed - Staff authorization to make any necessary technical corrections. Passed - Final action on the omnibus pension and retirement bill. |
Amendment Summary |
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Meeting Details
- Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- 5:00 PM
Remote hearing* - Chair: Sen. Julie Rosen