An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions.

This bill expands the definition of "enforcement officer" in Pennsylvania's state retirement laws to include commissioned police officers working for the Department of Corrections, Bureau of Investigations and Intelligence. By adding these employees to the enforcement category, the legislation changes how their retirement benefits are calculated and funded. The state will cover the resulting increase in retirement costs by spreading the expense over ten years, with payments tied to the salaries of affected workers. The new rules apply retroactively to current employees who joined the retirement system before 2019, while those who joined later will be covered only from the bill's effective date.