House quickly concurs on pension and compensation changes for sheriffs and deputies in H.585

May 9, 2024

The House suspended rules to take up and concur in a Senate amendment to H.585, a measure that allows certain sheriffs and deputies to switch retirement groups and adds tiered statutory compensation reductions tied to law-enforcement certification. The concurrence was approved by voice vote.

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The House of Representatives on the floor took up House Bill 585 by suspending its rules and concurred in a Senate proposal of amendment by voice vote. Speaker 3 explained the bill’s principal purpose was to implement a long-standing negotiation that permits certain sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who had elected into the State Employees Retirement System Group F to make a one-time election to move into Group G and to place future sheriffs and deputies into Group G.

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