Committee recommends due pass for PERA cleanup bill clarifying disability and survivor provisions
House Bill 43, a cleanup to the Public Employees Retirement Act clarifying disability earnings caps (tie to Social Security) and simplifying survivor sections, received a unanimous due-pass recommendation; sponsors said the changes avoid litigation risk and do not alter benefits.
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The committee advanced House Bill 43, which sponsors described as statutory cleanup to the Public Employees Retirement Act (PERA). Representatives and PERA staff said the bill does not intend substantive benefit changes but aims to remove ambiguities, align the law with administrative practice and avoid litigation.
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