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Senate Bill 7 hearing: sponsors, law enforcement groups urge repeal of post‑2003 age restriction for full retirement
Summary
Senate Bill 7 would remove an age‑50 requirement that bars members of the Highway Patrol Officers Retirement System and the Sheriffs’ Retirement System from drawing full benefits until age 50 even after 20 years of service; the sponsor and law‑enforcement representatives told the Senate State Administration and Veterans Affairs Committee the change is needed to preserve recruitment and parity across systems.
Senator Wendy McCamey (R‑Great Falls), sponsor of Senate Bill 7, told the State Administration and Veterans Affairs Committee the bill would “revert to how it was written in code previously” by removing language added in House Bill 569 that created a new tier requiring members hired after July 1, 2023 to be age 50 to draw full benefits after 20 years of service.
The bill matters because senators and law‑enforcement representatives said the age requirement created by HB 569 threatens recruitment and retention for highway patrol and sheriff’s offices, and that the change would restore parity between the Highway Patrol Officers Retirement System (HPORS), the Sheriffs’ Retirement System (SRS) and the Municipal Police Officers…
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