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House passes bill to clarify PERS administration; opponents cite fiscal concerns
Summary
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 851 on final reading after floor debate. The bill, requested by the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), makes technical changes to PERS statutes, including repealing an outdated statute, raising a waiver threshold, clarifying data-lock exceptions and defining a term used in benefit calculations.
The Oregon House on April 30, 2025, passed Senate Bill 851 on third reading and final passage. The bill, introduced on the floor by Representative Graeber at the request of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), makes several administrative changes to PERS statutes intended to streamline system administration.
Representative Graeber summarized the bill as a set of technical updates: it repeals an outdated provision related to how retirement credit was measured (identified in the debate as ORS 238A.10), raises the maximum invoice amount PERS may waive at its discretion from…
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