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WV SB1013

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Robbie Morris

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Municipal police and firefighters in plans overseen by the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board may convert accrued annual or sick leave into credited retirement service at a rate of 20 days per month of credit
  • Accrued leave converted to service credit cannot count toward the initial 20-year service requirement for retirement eligibility
  • The additional retirement benefit from converted leave is limited to 1% of the member's average annual salary per year of credited service gained
  • Combined benefit increases from extra service years (beyond 20) and converted leave cannot exceed 10% above the base 60% retirement benefit (70% maximum from these sources)
  • Total retirement benefits from all sources remain capped at 75% of average annual salary

Legislative Description

Allowing certain municipal plan participants to use accrued leave toward credited service upon retirement

Municipalities

Last Action

To Pensions

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Pensions2/19/2026

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