2015 OTRS Tracks OTRS
HB1002
HB1002 -- 10% Authors:
McDaniel
Title:
Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Retirement Systems Act of 2015; effective date.
Description:
A shell bill that creates the Oklahoma Retirement Systems Act of 2015.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 19 Feb - H Meeting set for 02/24/2015 at 3:00 PM, 3:00pm or AA1: State Capitol, Rm 412-C, Business, Labor and Retirement Laws Committee
HB1005
HB1005 -- 31% Authors:
McDaniel and Brinkley
Title:
Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma; treatment of certain contributions.
Description: contributions.
A nonfiscal amendment relating to benefit computations for the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; specifies treatment of certain
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 18 Feb - S First Reading
HB1109
HB1109 -- 10% Authors:
Cannaday
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: Amends the act relating to Teacher’s Retirement System of Oklahoma. For any retired teachers the limit on allowed earnings from the public schools of Oklahoma for employment for the performance of duties ordinarily performed by personnel shall be $30,000. Loosens age restrictions on who may receive benefits; EMERGENCY Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1111
HB1111 -- 10% Authors:
Hoskin
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description:
Pertains to teachers’ retirement, removing the 60 calendar day requirement before a retiree can be employed in education again, amending that
provision so a retiree cannot be employed in education for the remainder of the school year; and it increases the earnings limit on allowed earnings to be the minimum salary for a teacher; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1112
HB1112 -- 10% Authors:
Hoskin
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: Pertains to teachers’ retirement, stating that the earnings may not exceed the limitation allowed by the Social Security Administration unless the amount is greater than $30,000. The bill removes language pertaining to retire members under the age of 62, 65 and 70; and requirements that half of the members’ final average salary will be used to compute benefits; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1444
HB1444 -- 10% Authors:
Coody
Title:
Public retirement systems; Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Board of Trustees; voting rights; effective date.
Description: States that a statewide organization with a membership of at least 7,000 person(s) consisting of retired educators who are retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma and who are receiving retirement benefits from such System will appoint a voting member to the Board of Trustees. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1489
HB1489 -- 10% Authors:
Matthews
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: States that a member may enter into post-retirement employment with the public school system of Oklahoma and still receive monthly retirement benefits; amends limitations: retired members under the age of 62 are now allowed to earn the lesser of $16,000 or half of the member’s final average salary unless the earning limitation allowed by the Social Security is more than $16,000; EMERGENCY.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1538
HB1538 -- 13% Authors:
Thomsen
Title:
Public retirement systems; Pension Improvement Act; effective date; emergency.
Description:
To be known as the Pension Improvement Act; creates a revolving fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, for the retirements systems in
Oklahoma. The act shall become effective July 1, 2015; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 17 Feb - H CR; Do Pass Business, Labor and Retirement Laws Committee
HB1638
HB1638 -- 10% Authors:
Coody
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: Raises the limit on allowed earnings from the public schools of Oklahoma for retired members; changes earnings limitations for retired members below the age of sixty-two; changes earnings limitations for retired members older than seventy years; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules
HB1645
HB1645 -- 10% Authors:
Coody
Title:
Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Pension Systems Amendments Act of 2015; effective date.
Description:
Shell bill that creates the Oklahoma Pension Systems Amendments Act of 2015.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules
HB1646
HB1646 -- 10% Authors:
Coody
Title:
Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Pension Systems Amendments Act of 2015; effective date.
Description:
Shell bill that creates the Oklahoma Pension Systems Amendments Act of 2015.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules
HB1649
HB1649 -- 10% Authors:
Brown
Title:
Public retirement systems; retirement benefit increases; offsets; effective date; emergency.
Description:
States that any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, Oklahoma Police Pension and
Retirement System, Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 2014, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2015, will receive a two-percent increase in said benefits on July 1, 2015. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1782
HB1782 -- 10% Authors:
McCall
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: States that earnings from the public schools may no exceed the Earnings Limitation for employees allowed by the Social Security Administration. For retired members the limit on allowed earnings from the public schools of Oklahoma for employment for the performance of duties ordinarily performed by classified or nonclassified personnel will be $40,000.00 unless the earnings limitation allowed by the Social Security Administration would be greater than $40,000.00; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules
HB1790
HB1790 -- 10% Authors:
Hardin
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; post-retirement earnings limitations; effective date; emergency.
Description: States that a member may enter into post-retirement employment with a public school and still receive monthly benefits, except that a retired member is not eligible to be employed by the public schools for 60 calendar days after post-retirement; the bill removes earning details; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
HB1801
HB1801 -- 10% Authors:
Roberts
Title:
Public retirement systems; Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; forfeiture of benefits; effective date.
Description:
Shell bill amending language relating to the Teacher's Retirement System of Oklahoma.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Rules
HB1808
HB1808 -- 10% Authors:
Banz
Title: Public retirement systems; Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; death benefit; Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund; apportionments; effective date; emergency. Description: The sum of $5,500 will be awarded to a annuitant of a person who died who contributed to the Teacher's Retirement System if there is no designated beneficiary. When the total of $5,000,000 has been reached in the School Consolidation and Assistance Fund, excess funds will be transferred into the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to offset any liabilities associated with the increase of the death benefit amount; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - H Second Reading referred to Business, Labor and Retirement Laws
SB66
SB66 -- 5% Authors:
Anderson
Title:
Teachers Retirement System; modifying earnings limit for certain retired members. Effective date.
Description: money.
Increases the cap on post-retirement benefits and states that if the employee is federal money, then the district doesn't have to contract to state
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Pensions
SB75
SB75 -- 5% Authors:
Barrington
Co-Authors:
Boggs
Title:
Teachers' Retirement; COLA. Effective date. Emergency.
Description: States those receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System in July 2014 and after July 1, 2015 may receive a one-time payment of $500; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 5 Feb - S coauthored by Boggs
SB105
SB105 -- 5% Authors:
Sharp
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System; allowing certain post retirement employment; certain earnings limitations. Effective date.
Description:
Amends that employees in public schools may enter into post-retirement employment 30 calendar days, formerly 60 days, between the retiree's
last day of employment and post-retirement. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Pensions
SB123
SB123 -- 5% Authors:
Smalley
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System; modifying earnings limit for certain retired members. Effective date.
Description:
Amends post-retirement requirements of public school employees and changes allowed earnings from $15,000 to $30,000.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Pensions
SB330
SB330 -- 5% Authors:
Watson and Dahm
Title:
Retired teachers; modification of post retirement benefit upon post retirement marriage. Effective date. Emergency.
Description: Amends spouse beneficiary requirements in regards to Teachers’ Retirement System, stating that if a spouse is the designated beneficiary and dies after the member’s effective date of retirement and the member remarries-the member may make a one-time election for each subsequent marriage to name a new spouse beneficiary; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 3 Feb - S Second Reading referred to Pensions
SB454
SB454 -- 5% Authors:
Casey and Ford
Title:
Teachers' Retirement System; modifying provisions related to post retirement earnings limitation. Effective date.
Description:
Amends language pertaining to teachers’ retirement. The bill removes many provisions relating to post retirement earnings.
Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 19 Feb - S Coauthored by Casey (principal House author)
SB668
SB668 -- 13% Authors:
McDaniel and Jolley
Title:
Retirement boards; Oklahoma State Pension Commission; adding certain person; OPERS Board; adding certain person. Effective date.
Emergency Description: Adds two new members to the Oklahoma State Pension Commission, the Commissioner of Labor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Also adds one new member to the Board of Trustees, the Oklahoma State Treasurer. Any newly added member can also designate a proxy in their place; EMERGENCY. Tracks:
2015 Session and OTRS
Actions: 16 Feb - S Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Pensions committee; CR filed