State Employees Retirement System — Law Enforcement Officers

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• 2026-08-11 — Retirement: state police; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers’ service under the state employees’ retirement system. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1603 & 38.1604). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6233’26, HB 6234’26: cross-connection with state-police-retirement-system: The membership change allows purchase of service credit earned under the State Employees’ Retirement System, linking the two retirement frameworks for law enforcement officers. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-08-11 — Retirement: state employees; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers’ service under the state employees’ retirement system. Amends 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1601 - 38.1674) by adding secs. 24c, 24d, 24e & 24f. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6233’26, HB 6235’26: cross-connection with state-police-retirement-leo-membership: Both address pension treatment of law enforcement officers moving between the State Employees’ Retirement System and the State Police retirement system. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-08-11 — Retirement: state employees; election process to transfer certain law enforcement officers to the Michigan state police retirement system; provide for. Amends sec. 55 of 1943 PA 240 (MCL 38.55) & adds secs. 50b, 50c, 50d, 64a, 64b & 64c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6234’26, HB 6235’26: cross-connection with msp-retirement-system-transfer: Transfer election originates in the State Employees Retirement System (1943 PA 240), the plan certain law-enforcement officers would opt out of. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Retirement: state employees; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers’ service under the state employees’ retirement system. Amends 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1601 - 38.1674) & adds secs. 24c, 24d, 24e & 24f. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1133’26, SB 1134’26: Introduced bill amending 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1601-38.1674) and adding secs. 24c-24f would let certain law enforcement officers first hired after a specified date join the State Employees’ Retirement System and purchase service credit for prior law-enforcement service; tie-barred to SB 1133’26 and SB 1134’26. (novelty: 2)

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