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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
  3. Done: House committeeJanuary 25, 2023
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 138
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 138 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 138 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Police officers and firefighters who work for certain employers covered by the Iowa public employees’ retirement system will now be included in the special protection occupation category. If their employer certifies their work, their previous years of service will be reclassified into this category without requiring extra payments. This change applies to service members starting July 1, 2017.1

Read the official explanation

This bill provides that persons employed as a peace officer or fire fighter by a covered employer, and not just a city, under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system (IPERS) are included within the protection occupation category of IPERS. The bill provides that membership service prior to the effective date of the bill shall be reclassified as protection occupation service without payment of any additional contributions to pay the actuarial costs of the reclassified service if the employer certifies the employment H.F. _____ as constituting protection occupation service under the bill. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to membership service under IPERS on or after July 1, 2017.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named January 17, 2023. On January 18, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§97B.49B

How the Code works3

Lobbying

6 for · 0 against · 13 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 2243 Providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retir…
    89th General Assembly · Withdrawn · same title
    Didn’t advance

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