SB35 HFAT Criss 4-12

Chakmakian 3260

The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Com. Sub. for S. B. 35 -- “A Bill to amend and reenact §8-22A-2, §16-5V-2, §18B-4-5, and §18B-7-5, and of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §16-5V-6f, relating to retirement of certain law enforcement officers; amending definitions; providing definition for bona fide separation from service upon retirement; allowing campus police officers hired before January 1, 2026, to participate in the Municipal Police and Firefighters Retirement System under certain conditions; mandating newly hired campus police officers to participate in the Municipal Police and Firefighters Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2026; authorizing home confinement officers to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; requiring newly hired home confinement officers to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2025, and providing for home confinement officers to transfer from the Public Employees Retirement System to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System.”

Adopted

Rejected