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Committee approves bill to extend law‑enforcement retirement income exemption to surviving spouses, approves retroactive change

2104175 · January 8, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 2093 would extend the existing income‑tax exemption for long‑service law‑enforcement retirement pay to surviving spouses. The committee approved the bill, and members adopted an amendment making the exemption retroactive to Dec. 31, 2023.

Senate Bill 2093 would add surviving spouses to the exemption that the Legislature previously provided for certain law‑enforcement retirement income.

Senator Diane Larson, sponsor of the bill, said the 2023 change exempted retirement income of officers who had served 20 years but omitted surviving spouses. “All this bill does is include what really should have been done last time and that is…

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