Oregon House Bill 4157

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Failed on March 7 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-07 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act makes district attorneys police officers under PERS. The Act lowers the age at which some police and firefighters can retire. The Act makes a new class of employees in PERS for people who work in hazardous positions. The Act allows those people to retire earlier with higher pensions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Provides that district attorneys qualify as police officers under the Public Employees Retirement System. Lowers the normal retirement age for police officers and firefighters under the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan. Establishes a new class of hazardous positions under the Public Employees Retirement System and provides increased retirement benefits to members employed in hazardous positions.

Relating to adjustments in classifications under the Public Employees Retirement System.

Rep. Zach Hudson [D]	Rep. Kevin Mannix [R]	Rep. Ricki Ruiz [D]	Sen. Lew Frederick [D]
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Sen. Deb Patterson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-07	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2024-02-05	House	Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans.
2024-02-05	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4157
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4157/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/81369