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Committee hears narrow fix to prevent duplicate retirement coverage for some port employees
Summary
SB 5,905 would exempt certain port employees who participate in federally required railroad or Taft‑Hartley pension plans from PERS enrollment. Ports, DRS and building trades support the narrowly tailored technical change; ports described potential back-payment liabilities without the fix.
Senate Bill 5,905, presented in the Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 20, 2026, would require port districts that participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) to exclude employees who already participate in the federal railroad retirement plan or in a union-sponsored defined-benefit pension plan the port is required to contribute to under collective bargaining.
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