Minnesota Legislature
2025-2026 Biennium Pension and Retirement Bills
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Listed in descending Senate file order with recent intros appearing first, then House bills with no Senate companion.
Last updated: April 23, 2026
| Senate File | House File | Plan | Description | and Action |
Summary/ Fiscal Note |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF5182-Mohamed | HF4631-Johnson, P. | PERA General Plan | Modifying employee and employer contributions. | -- | -- | |
| SF5181-Gustafson | HF5031-Davids | TRA | Creating a career rule for teachers aged 60 with 30 years of service. | -- | -- | |
| SF5093-Frentz | HF4879-Lillie | PERA | Revising PERA statutes to incorporate references to a new plan for probation officers and telecommunicators. | 3/24/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF5097-Frentz | HF4878-Lillie | MSRS | Establishing the Probation and Telecommunicator subplan within the MSRS General Plan. | 3/24/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF5096-Frentz | HF4877-Lillie | PERA | Establishing the Probation and Telecommunicator plan administered by PERA. | 3/24/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF5075-McEwen | HF4658-Johnson, P. | TRA | Modifying the early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age, increasing employer contributions, and appropriating money. | -- | -- | |
| SF5072-Frentz | HF4272-Olson | TRA | Extending 60-30 early retirement benefit to deferred vested former teachers. | 3/17/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF4904-Howe | -- | New savings program | Establishing the Launch Account Contribution Program. | -- | -- | |
| SF4860-Pappas | HF4812-Lillie | St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association | Decreasing employee contributions; increasing employer contributions and COLAs; appropriating money. | 4/21/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF4805-Clark | -- | PERA P&F | Authorizing a reemployed police officer to continue health insurance coverage and receive a retirement annuity without suspension or reduction of the annuity. | -- | -- | |
| SF4797-Pappas | HF4921-Nadeau | Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program | Eliminating employer requirement to distribute information and related penalty; modifying administrative, annual reporting, and board of directors requirements; adding data confidentiality provision. | 3/24/2026 -Passed as amended by 26-07808-1A | Summary | |
| SF4767-Seeberger | HF4724-Johnson, P. | Fire Reliefs | Phasing in shorter vesting schedules for firefighters relief associations. | 4/14/2026 -Amended by S4767-4A and S4767-5A, laid over | Summary | |
| SF4766-Seeberger | HF4723-Johnson, P. | Fire Reliefs | Requiring firefighters relief associations to cover emergency medical providers; allowing participation in the public employees defined contribution plan and a relief association. | 4/21/2026 -Passed as amended by S4766-DE1 | Summary | |
| SF4765-Rasmusson | HF4429-Nadeau | TRA, SPTRFA | Lowering the age at which a TRA member may enter into a return-to-work agreement; extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching. | 4/7/2026 -Passed | Summary | |
| SF4764-Nelson | HF4630-Cha | Health Care Savings Plan | Authorizing County Commissioners to participate in the Health Care Savings Plan. | 4/14/2026 -Passed as amended by S4764-1A | Summary | |
| SF4721-Frentz | HF4514-Lillie | PERA Correctional | Reducing the employee and employer contribution rates and increasing the postretirement adjustments. | 4/7/2026 -Passed | Summary | |
| SF4588-Frentz | HF4517-Lillie | MSRS, TRA, PERA | Moving investment return assumption for calculating joint and survivor annuities from statute to the Standards' Appendix. | 4/7/2026 -Passed | Summary | |
| SF4587-Westlin | HF4694-O'Driscoll | Supplemental Plans | Eliminating the requirement that 403(b) and 457(b) vendors and administrators annually file investment fees and rates of return with the LCPR. | 4/7/2026 -Passed | Summary | |
| SF4499-Seeberger | HF4326-Stier | PERA P&F | Authorizing payment of retirement annuity without suspension or reduction of the annuity upon reemployment. | -- | -- | |
| SF4464-Howe | HF4988-Novotny | N/A | Extending continuation of employer-paid health insurance from 5 years to age 65 for duty-disabled members of the P&F Plan. | 4/14/2026 -Laid over | Summary | |
| SF4410-Pappas | HF4069-Feist | TRA, PERA | Modifying eligibility definitions to exclude J-1 visa holders. | 3/24/2026 -Amended by S4410-1A, laid over | Summary | |
| SF4373-Frentz | -- | MSRS, PERA, TRA, SPTRFA | Amending salary definitions to exclude payments for Minnesota Paid Leave. | 3/17/2026-Passed as amended by S4373-1A | Summary | |
| SF4330-Rasmusson | HF4167-Nadeau | TRA | Administrative bill; adding "physician assistant" to list of medical providers for disability applications. | 3/17/2026-Passed | Summary | |
| SF4276-Frentz | HF4074-Lillie | MSRS | Administrative bill. | 3/17/2026-Passed | Summary | |
| SF4230-Maye Quade | HF3449-Koegel | MSRS | Allows legislators to transfer from the Unclassified Plan to the General Plan. | -- | -- | |
| SF3897-Gustafson | HF3703-Nadeau | Fire Reliefs | Modifying the process for terminating a firefighters relief association retirement plan. | 3/17/2026- Passed | Summary | |
| SF3882-Housley | HF3953-Hill | PERA P&F | Amending duty disability offset to apply pre-2023 provisions to members on disability who reapply after 2023. | -- | -- | |
| SF3828-Limmer | HF3512-Robbins | PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter | Special legislation for the Maple Plain Fire Department. | 4/7/2026 -Passed as amended by S3828-DE1 | Summary | |
| SF3588-Pappas | HF3456-Cha | Fire Reliefs | Implementing the recommendations of the State Auditor's fire relief association working group. | 3/3/2026 -Passed | Summary | |
2026 House bills with no Senate companion: | ||||||
| -- | HF4957-Kotyza-Witthuhn | TRA | Amending combined service annuity provision to permit electing Rule of 90 for both TRA and PERA pensions. | -- | -- | |
| -- | HF4402-Jordan | PERA General Plan | Special legislation authorizing purchase of service credit for periods of omitted service. | 4/21/2026 -Passed as amended by H4402-2A | Summary | |
| -- | HF4162-O'Driscoll | TRA | Requiring the employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions. | 4/21/2026 -Passed as amended by S4162-DE1 | Summary | |
2025 session bills heard in 2026: | ||||||
| SF1213-Miller | HF2117-Repinski | Minnesota State IRAP | Requiring Minnesota State to locate an eligible person's missing IRAP account or pay the eligible person $25,000. | 3/17/2026 -Passed as amended by S1213-1A | Summary | |
| SF1122-Frentz | HF139-O'Driscoll | PERA P&F, State Patrol | Increasing postretirement adjustments; decreasing the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the police and fire plan. | 4/21/2026 -Amended by S1122-DE1, laid over | Revised summary | |
2025 session bills | ||||||
| SF3547-Westrom | -- | TRA | TRA employer and employee contributions increase; unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching the age of 62 with 30 years of service provision. | -- | -- | |
| SF3493-Hoffman | HF3300-Nadeau | PERA | Correcting employer failure to record service; requiring the payment of employee and employer contributions on omitted service, and extending Rule of 90 eligibility. | -- | -- | |
| SF3467-Rasmusson/ Frentz | -- | Various plans | Making correctional and clarifying changes to pension and retirement statutes. | 5/17/2025 - Passed (heard as Amendment S2884-9A) | Summary | |
| SF3464-Pappas | HF3269-Nadeau | MSRS Correctional | Recommendations of the MSRS Correctional Plan Eligibility Work Group. | 4/22/2025 - Passed (heard as LCPR25-003) |
Summary | |
| SF3454-Frentz | HF3278-Lillie/ O'Driscoll | Firefighter Relief Associations | Repealing the Investment Business Recipient Disclosure annual reporting requirement. | 4/22/2025 - passed (heard as Revisor 25-05437) |
Summary | |
| SF3453-Pappas | HF3249-Lillie | All plans | Amortization Work Group bill. | 4/22/2025 - Passed (heard as LCPR25-009) |
Summary | |
| SF3412-Howe | -- | Peace officers & firefighters | Public safety health insurance coverage time period limitation; prohibit waiving right to health insurance; limit attorney fees on disability claims for PERA Police and Fire. | -- | -- | |
| SF3355-Pappas | -- | PERA | Expanding the privatization chapter to cover all governmental subdivisions that privatize, not just medical facilities; modifying the withdrawal liability calculation. | 4/1/2025 - Passed (Heard as LCPR25-031) |
Summary | |
| SF3239-Abeler | HF2318-Nadeau | TRA | Providing an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service, increasing employer contribution rates, and appropriating money. | 4/8/2025 ‑ Amended, Laid over |
Summary | |
| SF3192-Frentz | HF2821-O'Driscoll | PERA General | Modifying the circumstances under which the additional employer contribution is repealed; increasing postretirement adjustments. | 4/1/2025 - Passed | Summary | |
| SF2992-Pratt | HF2329-Nadeau | TRA | Lowering the age from 62 to 60 for the enhanced early retirement reduction. | 4/8/2025 ‑ Amended, Laid over |
Summary | |
| SF2985-Pappas | HF2942-Nadeau | MN Secure Choice Retirement Program |
Administrative bill. | 3/25/2025 ‑ Passed as amended (as #25‑04680) | Summary | |
| SF2984-Pappas | HF2943-Naadeau | MN Secure Choice Retirement Program |
Adding penalties for noncompliance. | 3/25/2025 ‑ Passed as amended (as #25‑04681) | Summary | |
| SF2980-Seeberger | HF2386-O'Driscoll | PERA | PERA 2025 administrative bill. | 3/25/2025 ‑ Passed as amended | Summary | |
| SF2884-Frentz | HF1889-O'Driscoll | MSRS; all plans | Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) administrative bill. | 3/18/2025 - Passed | Summary | |
| SF2752-Maye Quade | HF2395-Huot | Lump-sum VFRAs | Increasing the maximum lump-sum pension amount for each year of service. | 3/18/2025 - Passed | Revised summary | |
| SF2640-Maye Quade | HF2367-Nadeau | -- | Implementing the labor agreement between the State and SEIU Healthcare MN & IA for individual providers of direct support services; establishing the Minnesota Caregiver Retirement Fund Trust. | 4/8/2025, Sec. 1 & 14; ‑ Amended, Laid over |
Staff memo | |
| SF2523-Cwodzinski | HF2341-Clardy | TRA | Providing an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service, modifying the early retirement reduction factors, increasing postretirement adjustments, increasing employer contribution rates, and appropriating money. *See SF2000/HF1582 for identical bill |
See SF2000/HF1582 | See SF2000/HF1582 | |
| SF2379-Rasmusson | HF2022-Berg | Higher ed supplemental plan | Increasing the higher education supplemental retirement plan employer match maximum from $2,700 to $4,300. | 3/25/2025 ‑ Passed | Summary | |
| SF2000-Gustafson | HF1582-Wolgamott | TRA | Providing an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service, modifying the early retirement reduction factors, increasing postretirement adjustments, increasing employer contribution rates, and appropriating money. | 4/8/2025 ‑ Amended, Laid over |
Summary | |
| SF1986-Kupec | HF1779-Wolgamott | MSRS General, PERA General | Unreduced early retirement annuity for probation agency employees at age 60 or with 35 years of service, employee contribution increase. | 4/22/2025 ‑ Laid over as previously amended |
Summary | |
| SF1937-McEwen | -- | MSRS, PERA, TRA, St. Paul Teachers | Restores deferred annuities augmentation for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019. | -- | -- | |
| SF1556-Bahr | HF708-Scott | PERA | Adding a correctional plan member to the Public Employees Retirement Association board of trustees. | 3/25/2025 ‑ Laid over | Summary | |
| SF1341-Pappas | HF1828-Cha | VFRAs | Implementing the recommendations of the State Auditor's fire relief association working group. | 3/18/2025 - Passed | Summary | |
| SF1122-Frentz | HF139-O'Driscoll | PERA P&F, State Patrol | Increasing postretirement adjustments; decreasing the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the police and fire plan. | 4/1/2025 - Laid over | Revised summary | |
| SF356-Lieske | HF3256-Roach | PERA P&F | Increasing the reemployment earnings limit applicable to disability benefit payments. | -- | -- | |
2025 House bills with no Senate companion: | ||||||
| -- | HF3052-Gander | TRA | Providing an unreduced retirement annuity upon reaching age 60 with 30 years of service, modifying the early retirement reduction factors, increasing postretirement adjustments, increasing employer contribution rates, and appropriating money. *See SF2000/HF1582 for identical bill |
See SF2000/HF1582 | See SF2000/HF1582 | |
| -- | HF2237-O'Driscoll | MSRS | Increasing the formula multiplier for the general plan; and increasing the postretirement adjustment for the general, legislators, and unclassified plans. | 3/25/2025 - Passed 3/18/2025 - Laid over |
Summary | |
| -- | HF1339-Repinski | PERA P&F | Permitting the payment of a normal retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon employment or reemployment on or after age 55. | -- | -- | |
(2025-2026) Other bills that may be of interest to public employees, retirees, and other interested parties
| Senate File | House File | Plan/Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF4572-Rasmusson | HF4367-Klevorn | State Board of Investment | Modifying expense apportionment among funds managed by the SBI. |
| SF3693-Johnson Stewart | HF3461-Luger-Nikolai | Employment Benefits | Legislative leaves of absence from and local government employment benefit right alignment provision. |
| -- | HF3499-Gordon | Paid On-Call Firefighters | Paid on-call firefighters exempt from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law. |
| SF2012-Rasmusson | HF2268-Joy | Income taxes | Providing for a subtraction of income from certain retirement plans (IRC Sec. 401 or 408 plans). |
| SF2011-Rasmusson | HF2081-Joy | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF1239-Limmer | -- | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF1231-Draheim | -- | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF1159-Howe | HF1015-Perryman | Income taxes | Establishing a full subtraction of taxable Social Security benefits for veterans and surviving spouses. |
| SF952-Nelson | -- | Income taxes | Phasing out the amount of Social Security income subject to tax. |
| SF940-Nelson | -- | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF851-Lucero | HF2806-Hudson | SBI | Prohibiting the State Board of Investment from investing in and requiring divestment from companies that boycott mining, energy production, production agriculture, or commercial lumber production. The Stop Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Social Credit Score Discrimination Act. |
| SF431-Draheim | -- | Income taxes | Establishing an income tax subtraction for volunteer fire and rescue workers. |
| SF235-Miller | HF100-Repinski | Income taxes | Allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF186-Gustafson | -- | Income taxes | Establishing a refundable credit for certain teachers. |
| SF104-Drazkowski | -- | Income taxes | Allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF22-Gruenhagen | -- | Income taxes | Allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| SF4-Rarick | HF347-Nelson | Income taxes | Expanding the subtraction for military retirement pay. |
| -- | HF1000-McDonald | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| -- | HF828-Dotseth | Income taxes | Establishing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| -- | HF760-Robbins | Income taxes | Allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |
| -- | HF741-Olson | Income taxes | Establishing an income tax subtraction for volunteer fire and rescue workers. |
| -- | HF316-Nadeau | Income taxes | Permitting a limited subtraction for income received from a retirement savings plan. |
| -- | HF236-Schultz | Income taxes | Providing for a full subtraction of taxable Social Security benefits for veterans and surviving spouses. |
| -- | HF167-Robbins | Income taxes | Allowing an unlimited Social Security subtraction. |