Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2478
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 25-11-126, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ARE RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO ARE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE AFTER RETIREMENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, MAY RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM THE SYSTEM WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE REGULAR COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THOSE PERSONS TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION RECEIVED FOR SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PERSONS WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL CREDITABLE SERVICE IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE PAYMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRIBUTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.