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Committee advances bill to extend pension eligibility for children of off-duty public-safety decedents
Summary
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee favorably released S-165 after testimony from Peggy Mallon Waszak, who urged extending pension benefits to children until age 24 when a public-safety parent dies off duty and the death is linked to service. The committee recorded a favorable roll call.
Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee members on March 17 favorably released S-165, a bill that would expand the definition of "child" under the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (PFRS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) to cover certain off‑duty deaths linked to public‑safety service.
Peggy Mallon Waszak testified in support of the bill, describing her grandsons, Ryan and Gavin Mallon, who were 10 and 8 when their public‑safety parent died and who will lose…
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