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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1044

PERS; revise Tier 5 service years for retirement eligibility from 35 to 30 years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's State Affairs Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE COMPENSATION" FOR MEMBERS IN THE NEW TIER TO MEAN THE AVERAGE OF THE FOUR HIGHEST CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF EARNED COMPENSATION, OR OF THE LAST 48 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF EARNED COMPENSATION, WHICHEVER IS GREATER; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-11-109, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS IN THE NEW TIER WHO HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE UPON WITHDRAWAL FROM SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 60, AND MEMBERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST 30 YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE UPON WITHDRAWAL FROM SERVICE REGARDLESS OF AGE; TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS IN THE NEW TIER WHO WITHDRAW FROM SERVICE BEFORE AGE 60 AND HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REFUND OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE UPON ATTAINING THE AGE OF 60; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF A MEMBER WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF 60 BUT HAS NOT COMPLETED AT LEAST 30 YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE SHALL BE REDUCED BY AN ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT FACTOR FOR EACH YEAR OF CREDITABLE SERVICE BELOW 30 YEARS OR THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN AGE THAT THE MEMBER IS BELOW AGE 65, WHICHEVER IS LESS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-11-112, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-114, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WITH RESPECT TO RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES FOR DEATH BEFORE RETIREMENT OR DEATH OR DISABILITY IN THE LINE OF DUTY; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 25-11-115, 25-11-117 AND 25-11-147, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-123, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROCEEDING PROVISIONS; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 16 to February 3, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

State AffairsJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on State Affairs and on Appropriations A
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To State Affairs;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives