March 17, 2026, Pension Commission Meeting

Agenda

1. Approval of the March 10, 2026, meeting minutes.‑ Approved
    
2. SF 3897 (Gustafson); HF 3703 (Nadeau): Modifying the process for terminating a firefighter relief association retirement plan.‑ Passed
   • Amendment S3897-DE1‑ No action
   • SF3897-HF3703 Summary
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Email from Rose Hennessy-Allen, Pension Division Director, Office of the State Auditor
        
3. HF 4162 (O'Driscoll): Teachers Retirement Association (TRA); requiring the employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions to TRA.‑ Amended, Laid Over
• Amendment H4162-1A‑ Adopted
• SFxxxx-HF4162 Summary
   
4. SF 4330 (Rasmusson); HF 4167 (Nadeau): TRA Administrative bill; adding "physician assistant" to list of medical providers for disability applications.‑ Passed
   • SF4330-HF4167 Summary
   • Testifier:
     • Tim Maurer, Executive Director, Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)
        
5. Report from MN State on missing IRAP account for SF 1213 (Miller); HF 2117 (Repinski): Special legislation requiring MN State to find an IRAP account.‑ Passed as amended
   • Amendment S1213-1A - adopted by the Commission on March 3
   • SF1213-HF2117 Summary
   • SBI reported to the Commission at the March 10 meeting
      
6. SF 4276 (Frentz); HF 4074 (Lillie): Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) Administrative bill.‑ Passed
   • SF4276-HF4074 Summary
   • Testifier:
     • Jenkins Vangehn, Agency Policy Specialist & Legislative Liaison, Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
     • Devin Bruce, Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Letter from Chris Clark and Joshua Magner, Deputy State Fire Marshal Investigators
        
7. SF 4373 (Frentz): MSRS, PERA, TRA, St. Paul Teachers; amending salary definitions to exclude payments from the State for Minnesota paid leave.‑ Passed as amended
   • Amendment S4373-1A‑ Adopted
   • SF4373-HFxxxx Summary
   • Testifier:
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Coordinator, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA)
        
8. If time permits:
    
8. HF4272 (Olson): TRA; Extending 60-30 early retirement benefit to deferred vested former teachers with at least 30 years of service. ‑ Laid over
• SFxxxx-HF4272 Summary
• Testifier:
  • Kate Lynn Snyder, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Persons interested in testifying must email Mollie Pierson at mollie.pierson@lcpr.mn.gov by 4:00 PM on Monday, March 16, identifying the specific agenda item on which you would like to testify, your name, organization and title (if applicable), email address, and phone number. Testimony is limited to the items on the agenda. To submit written testimony on an agenda item, please submit documents to the Commission staff (mollie.pierson@lcpr.mn.gov) by 4:00 PM on Monday, March 16,.

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