MNCORA says thank you to Representative Peggy Scott, Representative Harry Niska, Senator Cal Bahr and Senator Jim Abeler for authoring our Bill to add a CO seat to the PERA Board. While it didn't pass this session we will be back next session to take another bite at the apple. The Bill is not dead. It was laid over by the Pension Commission so is very much alive for next session. Special thanks to Susan Lenczewski Executive Director of the LCPR for her help crafting the Bill. And of course thanks to all of you for your emails and phone calls to the Legislature in support of this!
https://www.lcpr.mn.gov/index.htm Here's a brief summary of the 2025 Pension Omnibus Bill . *PERA General plan- COLA increase from 1.5-1.75% Max *PERA Police and Fire plan- one time COLA of 3% then back down to 1% annual COLA plus major changes to Disability see ARTICLE 15 DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS AND CONTINUATION OF HEALTH COVERAGE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2025/0/Session+Law/Chapter/37/ *Another Work Group for Dispatch and 911 Telecommunicators ARTICLE 17 WORK GROUP ON PENSION PLANS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS AND 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS Section 1. WORK GROUP ON CREATING PENSION PLANS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS AND 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS. $80 million was allocated to pensions this session. The Teachers Pension and Police and Fire received the lions share. MNCORA had one request this session, a seat on the PERA Board. SF1556 / HF708 . The Bill was laid over and we can take it up again next session. THIS BILL WOULD HAVE ...