Revising pension laws related to service credit for legislative members

SB 419 (introduced by Sen. E. Boldman) proposed changes to Montana's pension rules for legislative members regarding service credit. It would have required that legislative members receive service credit starting from when they assume office, based on their regular contributions, and mandated that retirement benefits be calculated using the pension plan rules applicable to their earliest period of paid contributions (no earlier than their start date in office), rather than potentially older rules. This bill directly affected current and future Montana legislators by altering how their legislative service time counts toward pension benefits. The bill was introduced in 2025 but died in committee on May 23, 2025, and did not become law.