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House debate centers on raising public-safety retirement COLA to 4%
Summary
Representatives debated first substitute House Bill 97, which would raise cost-of-living adjustments for public-safety retirement to 4% to equalize benefits with other state employees; sponsors said the change requires redistributing funding and will affect city budgets.
Representative Paul Ray introduced first substitute House Bill 97 to increase the retirement cost-of-living adjustment for public-safety personnel to 4%, saying the substitute “will show the direction and the funding that we're going to use in order to pay for this.” He framed the change as an equalization step to bring public-safety retirees in line with other state employees.
Members pressed the sponsor on the cost and mechanics. Representative Cheryl Allen asked whether cities would need to provide additional funds; Ray replied the shared cost “over the cities is about 1 and a half…
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