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Committee approves bill letting some employees count prior non‑APERS service toward APERS eligibility
Summary
House Bill 1325 would allow an APERS member who previously worked under an alternate state retirement plan (but did not vest or withdraw contributions) to be credited with those years for eligibility purposes; the committee approved the narrowly targeted measure after APERS director and actuary explained administrative limits and fiscal impact.
The committee approved House Bill 1325, which would permit certain APERS members to receive service credit for years spent under an alternate state retirement plan when those years did not produce vested benefits and the employee did not withdraw contributions.
Representative Cameron Cooper, District 57, presented the bill as a constituent‑driven measure addressing employees who worked briefly for an alternate state employer (an example in testimony was a member who worked about 21 months at UAMS) and therefore did not vest in that alternate…
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