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HB 1129 Virginia Retirement System; modifies several provisions of defined benefit retirement plan.
Introduced by: William J. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Retirement System; defined benefit plan. Modifies several provisions of the defined benefit retirement plan. Beginning January 1, 2013, the bill changes the calculation of average final compensation to cover a period of 60 months rather than 36 months. Under current law, the use of a 60-month period applies only to those employees hired on or after July 1, 2010. However, current employees affected by this change in average final compensation may use the 36-month period of calculation for compensation received prior to January 1, 2013, if it is greater than the 60-month period of calculation.
Effective January 1, 2013, except for employees who are within five years of their unreduced retirement date at that time, the bill (i) restricts cost of living adjustments (COLA) to those employees who reach the age for unreduced retirement benefits and (ii) reduces the COLA to the first two percent of inflation plus one-half of the next two percent, for a maximum total of three percent. Under current law, the COLA is the first three percent of inflation plus one-half of the next four percent, for a maximum total of five percent.
Finally, for state and local employees hired on or after January 1, 2013, other than law-enforcement employees and judges, the bill reduces the multiplier from 1.7 to 1.6.
This bill was incorporated into HB 1130.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12104007D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105282D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/12/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12104007D
- 01/12/12 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/16/12 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/09/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105282D-H1
- 02/12/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Read second time
- 02/13/12 House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105282D-H1
- 02/13/12 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1129H1
- 02/14/12 House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N)
- 02/14/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 26-N)
- 02/15/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/28/12 Senate: Incorporated by Finance (HB1130-Howell, W.J.) (15-Y 0-N)