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Committee hears bipartisan fix to preserve survivorship benefits for children of fallen officers
Summary
Sen. Laura Smith’s SB208 would close a drafting gap so children who turn 18 while still in high school maintain survivorship benefits; retirement-system officials and firefighter and police groups supported the technical fix.
Senator Laura Smith opened Senate Bill 208, characterizing it as a narrow statutory fix to ensure children of highway patrol officers, police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty do not lose survivorship benefits simply because they turn 18 while still enrolled in high school. "There's a gap," Smith said, explaining the current language can stop benefits when a dependent turns 18 even if they remain in secondary school.
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