Summary:

 Senate Bill 173 (SB 173) relates to public employee retirement, and includes public safety telecommunicators as police members under the Public Employees Retirement Act, and provides for elections.  

Legislation Overview:

 Senate Bill 173 (SB 173) amends sections of the Public Employees Retirement Act (PERA) to include public safety telecommunicators in the definitions of “municipal police member” and “state police member” for purposes of public employee retirement benefits.  Such a telecommunicator must be employed by state or an affiliated public employer other than the state. 
SB 173 provides two temporary provisions that before December 30, 2025, the PERA Board must conduct an election to submit to municipal police members regarding the question of adopting municipal police member coverage plan 5, and another election for state police members regarding the question of adopting state public safety member coverage plan 1.