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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota increases postretirement adjustments and shortens waiting periods for public employees police, fire, and state patrol retirement plans
Last action · February 10, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and PolicySponsors: Tim O'Driscoll and 34 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 139 increases annual s and reduces the waiting period to receive adjustments for members of the public employees police and fire retirement plan and the State Patrol retirement plan, effective January 1, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public employees police and fire retirement plan recipients
Retirement annuity, disability benefit, and survivor benefit recipients face a shorter waiting period and a variable adjustment percentage tied to federal cost-of-living increases.
State Patrol retirement plan recipients
Recipients receive an increased annual postretirement adjustment of 1.5 percent instead of 1 percent.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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