HB 1605 IN

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Adds a person who serves in one of the following positions on or after January 1, 2014, to the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund (PARF): (1) The state public defender or the second highest paid staff person employed by the state public defender. (2) The executive director of the public defender council of Indiana or the second highest paid staff person employed by the public defender council of Indiana. (3) The highest paid or the second highest paid staff person employed by the Indiana public defender commission. (4) A chief public defender or chief deputy public defender. Allows staff attorneys of the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana employed on or after January 1, 2012, to participate in PARF. Changes the name of the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund to the prosecuting attorneys and public defenders retirement fund. Provides that after a participant has contributed to PARF for 22 years, the state or county shall pay the contributions to the fund for the participant. Provides that the computation of benefits is based in part on the highest salary that was paid to the participant before separation from service. Provides that 1% shall be added to the percentage used to calculate benefits for each year of service after 22 years. Provides that a reduced annual retirement benefit equals the benefit that would be payable if the participant were 65 years of age reduced by 0.10% for each month before the participant's sixty-fifth birthday. Allows a participant to receive service credit in PARF for more than one year and less than 10 years of service received by the participant in the public employees' retirement fund under certain conditions. Provides for the calculation of an offset of PARF benefits payable to a participant from a participant's public employees' retirement fund benefits based on the concurrent service and wages the participant earned in both the public employees' retirement fund and PARF. Makes corresponding changes.

• Heath VanNatter Republican · author
• Aaron Freeman Republican · sponsor
• Linda Rogers Republican · sponsor
• Susan Glick Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 19, 2023 Coauthored by Representatives McNamara and Hatfield · lower
2. Jan 19, 2023 Authored by Representative VanNatter · lower
3. Jan 19, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions · lower
4. Feb 2, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
5. Feb 2, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 · lower
6. Feb 14, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
7. Feb 16, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
8. Feb 20, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 156: yeas 94, nays 1 · lower
9. Feb 20, 2023 Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Rogers, Glick · lower
10. Feb 21, 2023 Referred to the Senate · lower
11. Mar 6, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor · upper
12. Mar 9, 2023 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor · upper
13. Mar 13, 2023 Senator Pol added as cosponsor · upper
14. Mar 16, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• House Bill (S) · Mar 16, 2023 · PDF
• Introduced House Bill (H) · Jan 19, 2023 · PDF
• House Bill (H) · Feb 2, 2023 · PDF
• House Bill (H) · Feb 14, 2023 · PDF