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Lawmakers hear support for adding state correctional officers to public safety retirement plan
Summary
Representatives, corrections officials and PERS staff discussed House Bill 1274, which would allow state correctional officers to join the Public Safety Retirement Plan. Supporters framed the change as a parity and recruitment tool; PERS provided actuarial figures and said the move would increase contributions modestly across employers.
Representative Todd Porter told the committee House Bill 1274 seeks to add state correctional officers to the Public Safety Retirement Plan to achieve parity with other public safety professions and help recruitment and retention. "Correctional officers, like the rest of the first responder world, number 1, deserve to be in the same plan as other, first responders and law enforcement, officials," Porter said.
Colby Braun, director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said the change…
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