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House approves phased benefit for surviving spouses of state employees (1st Sub HB6)
Summary
First substitute HB6 passed the House 69–3 to provide phased surviving-spouse pension benefits (one-third at 15 years’ service; two-thirds at 20–25 years), while members debated the measure’s $2.2 million fiscal note and funding approach.
The House passed the first substitute of House Bill 6 on Feb. 24, a measure that phases in surviving-spouse pension benefits for certain state employees and other covered public servants.
Sponsor Representative Carnahan described the measure as a phased benefit for families whose public-service careers end prematurely. “What this bill does is that at the age of or with 15 years of…
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