Thursday, February 25, 2010

Two Retirement Bills Move Through Committee

Wednesday, February 24, two of the proposed changes to the Utah Retirement System were voted out of the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee and sent to the House for action. The two bills currently moving through the legislature affect new hires after July 1, 2011 and retirees returning to work after July 1, 2010. Neither of those bills impact current employees or people currently rehired.

Please continue to contact your House members to encourage them to send the bills to interim committees for study. Based simply on the number and complexity of anticipated amendments in the House, further study seems to be warranted on this matter. The two bills are scheduled for debate Friday morning at 10:30.