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OK HB1091

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Kelley

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System to define "contributions" and "accumulated contributions" separately, clarifying that contributions exclude payments for service credit repurchases, transfers from other systems, and military service purchases

  • Modifies death benefit provisions so estates receive the difference between total employee contributions (including service credit purchases) and total benefits paid, rather than the previous calculation method

  • Increases the interest rate for repurchasing credited service from 5% to 10% annually and allows members to amortize repayments over up to 60 months through after-tax payroll deductions

  • Establishes new procedures for purchasing transferred credited service from other retirement systems, requiring members to be active paid members for at least 30 months and providing 90 days to pay the computed purchase price

  • Allows members to purchase up to 5 years of prior military service credit at actuarial cost, including volunteer members, with payment options including trustee-to-trustee transfers, direct rollovers, certified checks, or amortized payments over 60 months

Legislative Description

Retirement; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; term; death benefits; contributions; repayment; amortized payment; rules or procedures; transferred credited services; procedures; limitations; exception; military service credit; credited service; restrictions; volunteer; codification; emergency.

Last Action

Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025

5/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Business and Insurance4/21/2025
Judiciary4/16/2025
Retirement and Government Resources4/1/2025
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions2/4/2025
Government Oversight2/4/2025

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