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House passes HB53 to raise certain retirees' benefit rate; measure moves to Senate after 62–10 vote
Summary
House Bill 53, uncircled for debate by Representative Shurtleff, would increase retirement accruals for some retirees from earlier decades; sponsors said the change corrects a perceived inequity for employees who retired in the 1980s. The bill passed the House 62–10 and will be sent to the Senate.
House Bill 53, a proposal to adjust state retirement benefits for a subset of retirees, passed the Utah House on April 23 by a vote of 62–10 and will be forwarded to the Senate.
Representative Shurtleff, who uncircled the bill for floor debate, framed HB53 as a fairness issue for retirees who retired in the mid‑1980s and…
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