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SB 149WEST VIRGINIASession 2026State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Senate Bill 149 allows executive agency contract counsel to purchase PERS service credit

Original title: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in PERS

Last action · February 17, 2026: To FinanceSponsor: Mike Oliverio

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What This Bill Proposed

Senate Bill 149 permits general counsel contracted by executive branch agencies for 10 or more consecutive years to purchase in the . The contracted attorney must pay the employee share while the contracting agency pays the employer share, with full payment required within 24 months of the contract or employment termination.

Why it matters

Long-term contract attorneys for executive state agencies gain the eligibility to buy retirement service years, altering their future public pension benefits and creating a financial obligation divided between the individual and the employing agency.

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.

Directly affected

General counsel of executive branch agencies

Contract attorneys meeting the duration and hour thresholds gain the ability to purchase retroactive retirement service credit.

Directly affected

Executive branch agencies

Agencies employing qualifying contract counsel are required to pay the employer's share of the retroactive service credit purchase.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible to purchase retroactive service credit under this bill?

General counsel of executive branch agencies who have been contracted by an agency for 10 or more consecutive calendar years and worked at least 1,040 hours per year on a full-time basis.

How are the costs divided for purchasing the retroactive service credit?

The counsel must pay the employee's share, and the contracting agency must pay the employer's share.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.

Procedural history

6 actions

Feb 17, 2026SenateCommittee
To Finance
Feb 17, 2026Senate
Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
Jan 14, 2026SenateCommittee
To Pensions
Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroduced
Introduced in Senate
Jan 14, 2026SenateCommittee
To Pensions then Finance
Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroduced
Filed for introduction

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www.wvlegislature.gov

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