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Committee hears bill restoring 20-year retirement parity for Montana law enforcement
Summary
Senator Wendy McCamey said Senate Bill 7 would restore 20-year retirement parity across Montana law enforcement retirement systems, changing provisions that currently impose an age 50 requirement for some officers to collect retirement benefits earned after 20 years of service.
Senator Wendy McCamey, sponsor for Senate District 12, opened the hearing on Senate Bill 7 as a correction to a change from the 2023 legislative session. "This bill is about law enforcement retirement, specifically the members of the sheriff's retirement system and the highway patrol officers retirement system," McCamey said, and she described SB 7 as restoring parity among three public-safety retirement systems.
Proponents representing state and local law enforcement, employee unions and associations emphasized recruitment, retention and the physical and…
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