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Information on State Bills Supported by the FOP

HB 921: Act 600 Retirement Changes: would amend Act 600 to raise the pension to 60% of the last 24 months of employment, raise the service increment maximum to $600.00 and cap the total pension at a maximum 80% of salary for computing retirement benefits. Assigned to House Finance Committee March 14, 2005

HB 1057: Off Duty and Retired Right to Carry ID and Qualification:
On July 22, 2004, United States President George W. Bush signed “The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act” into law, which has become Federal Public Law 108-277. To enable Pennsylvania Police Officers to comply with the required annual qualification and identification cards, this legislation provides a statewide systematic standard of identification cards for purposes of complying with the Federal Law. Received 1st Consideration in the House and was Re-committed to Rules PASSED HOUSE Jul 1st, 2005 Sent to Senate Judiciary July1st, 2005.

SB 394 & HB 1048: Act 600 Service Increments: This legislation concerns pension service increments and is a “may” Bill because Municipalities will not immediately have to institute the service increments, but this will allow Police Officers to negotiate for the benefit. The service increments are only applicable after working beyond 25 years. Police Officers in Third Class Cities already enjoy this same provision of a maximum service increment cap of $500.00. This would bring Officers in Townships and Boroughs in line with the same pension service increment cap provision of $500.
SB 394 was assigned to the Senate Finance Committee March 14th 2005.
HB 1048 was reported to Re-refer to the House Local Government Committee, first consideration June 29th, 2005, re-committed to Rules Committee June 29th, 2005.

To look up bills, go to: http://www.legis.state.pa.us and click on "Session Information" then type in the bill number or description.
NOTE: There will be additional legislation added during the session, and this is not meant to be a complete listing of all bills we support or oppose, but a highlight of some of the more important ones introduced so far.