HB 2116 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Pension Actuarial Analysis Act; term; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; participation; employees; agency; codification; effective dates.

HB 2116 amends Oklahoma law to clarify membership requirements for the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. It defines who qualifies as a "member," specifically including commissioned law enforcement officers from agencies like the Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation, and State Fire Marshal, along with certain support staff. The bill specifies eligibility criteria such as meeting physical/medical standards, passing background checks, and adhering to employment classification rules. This is a procedural clarification of existing retirement system definitions, not a change to benefit amounts or funding.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 2 · 9 edits

MAJOR

The bill text was substantially rewritten to expand the scope of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. The original version only modified the term of the system, while the new version adds provisions for new employee participation, service credit purchases, and member elections to join the system. This represents a significant policy expansion from a simple term modification to a comprehensive system enhancement.

Scope change

Expanded from a simple term modification to include new employee participation, service credit purchases, and member election provisions for the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System.

SCOPE

Added provisions allowing certain new employees of certain agencies to participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System

ELIGIBILITY

Added authorization for certain members to make elections to participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System

REQUIREMENT

Added provisions for purchasing certain amounts of service credit at actuarial cost

Added provisions directing the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to transfer credited service upon request

Added provision that members shall forfeit all rights with respect to certain credited service

DEFINITION

Reorganized and expanded the definition of 'Member' to include additional categories of law enforcement personnel and clarify eligibility criteria

Added new categories for park rangers, pharmacy inspectors, and attorney general/military/fire marshal agents to the member definition

Added provisions clarifying that leased employees and independent contractors are not members of the system

TECHNICAL

Updated bill tracking numbers and committee substitute identifiers from POLPCS1 to POLPCS2

Introduced → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten by the Policy Committee to change which law enforcement employees must participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. The original version focused on the Oklahoma Pension Actuarial Analysis Act, while the new version focuses on expanding retirement system participation for specific law enforcement and public safety employees.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from the Oklahoma Pension Actuarial Analysis Act to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, changing which employees are required to participate in the retirement system.

SCOPE

The original bill text relating to the Oklahoma Pension Actuarial Analysis Act was completely removed.

New bill text was added that focuses on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and defines which employees must participate.

ELIGIBILITY

The definition of who qualifies as a 'Member' of the retirement system was significantly expanded to include various law enforcement officers, criminalists, and public safety employees from multiple agencies including the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation, and Office of the Attorney General.

New eligibility rules were added for employees of the Communications Section of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division, Communications Division of the Department of Public Safety, and park rangers and managers of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.

New provisions were added requiring active commissioned or CLEET-certified agents and officers hired by the Office of the Attorney General and Office of the State Fire Marshal to participate in the system.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Member' was reorganized and expanded to include specific categories of law enforcement and public safety employees with different effective dates and conditions.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added stating that persons offered positions described in the bill must participate in the System only upon meeting post-employment examination standards.

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Committee

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Actuary pursuant to the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Government Oversight

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors