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Division lays over bill to add 5% pay bonus for state active duty service
Summary
Vice Chair Olsen advanced House File 2338, a bill that would provide a 5% pay bonus for service members called to state active duty as a temporary offset until the state can pursue purchase of federal retirement points. The division laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus.
Vice Chair Olsen on March 26 presented House File 2338 to the House Veterans and Military Affairs Division. The bill would provide a 5% pay bonus to service members for time served on state active duty; proponents described it as a partial, immediate compensation measure until a possible federal solution to purchase retirement points is available.
Olsen described the retirement‑point gap for soldiers…
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