IN SB0010 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-02-12 - Representatives VanNatter, Moseley added as cosponsors
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-02-12 - Representatives VanNatter, Moseley added as cosponsors
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Summary
State employee retirement benefits. Requires the state to make contributions after December 31, 2026, that match, dollar for dollar, each state employee's deferred compensation contributions, not to exceed $28 per paycheck. Specifies limitations on state contributions, including the availability of biennial appropriations. Allows in certain circumstances the budget agency to suspend contributions, resume contributions, and make contributions that were missed due to suspension. Specifies a process by which portions of the funding sources for the retirement medical benefits account must be transferred to the state comptroller for the purpose of making matching contributions. Provides as a default rule that after December 31, 2026, each participant's membership in the retirement medical benefits account is terminated, participant subaccounts are forfeited, and subaccount amounts must be transferred to the state general fund. Specifies exceptions. Requires the state comptroller to transfer certain amounts from the state general fund to each participant's defined contribution plan. Specifies a time frame within which a participant in the retirement medical benefits account may elect to remain a participant. Establishes the 2027 retiree health benefit trust. Provides that the retiree health benefit trust fund will be terminated when certain conditions are met. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Title
State employee retirement benefits.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | House | Representatives VanNatter, Moseley added as cosponsors |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2026-02-02 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Cosponsor: Representative Jordan |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Lopez |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 47, nays 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Senator Randolph added as coauthor |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2025-12-10 | Senate | Senator Doriot added as coauthor |
| 2025-12-10 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2025-12-09 | Senate | Senator Hunley added as coauthor |
| 2025-12-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor |
| 2025-12-08 | Senate | Authored by Senators Rogers, Buchanan, Niezgodski |
