SF 55: Providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

What it does

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 S.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.

Senate subcommittee · named January 12, 2023

• Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: City of Des Moines; IPERS; Iowa Peace Officers Association; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum)

In plain words

1. January 11, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 12, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Boulton and Kraayenbrink
3. February 14, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it