MARSP Legislative Status Report
2019-20 Legislative Session| Bill Number | MARSP's position | Bill Sponsor(s) | Bill Summary | Our Rationale | Bill Text & History |
| Senate | |||||
| No bills at this time | |||||
| House | |||||
| HB 5842 | Monitor | Thomas Albert (R) | House Bill 5842 would amend the Public School Employees’ Retirement Act to require an appropriation from the School Aid Fund to pay certain defined contribution (DC) benefit costs for a specified group of active Michigan Public School Employee Retirement System (MPSERS) employees that are currently paid by their employer. | MARSP is currently monitoring this set of bills and will take further action if necessary. | Click here for current bill status |
| HB 5497 | Monitor | Sheryl Kennedy (D) | House Bill 5497 would amend the public school employees retirement act of 1979 that penalized retired school personnel from serving in schools as substitutes after retirement. | MARSP is currently monitoring this set of bills and will take further action if necessary. | Click here for current bill status |
| HB 4006 | Support | Joseph Bellino (R) | House Bill 4006 would amend the Income Tax Act by allowing an exemption for the distribution of retirement income after December 31, 2018. This exemption would apply to retirement income for all taxpayers, regardless of the taxpayer’s date of birth. The bill would also allow for all senior citizens a deduction of certain investment income that is currently only available to those born before 1946. | MARSP supports HB4006 as it reinstitutes the public pension income tax exemption. | Click here for current bill status |
| HB 4171 | Support | Julie Alexander (R) | House Bill 4171 would amend the Income Tax Act to allow certain widows and widowers to claim certain tax deductions allowed in the act that would have applied to their late spouses if they were still alive. | MARSP supports HB4171 as it addresses the issue that if the older spouse passes away before the younger, the surviving spouse often loses the retirement income deduction that his or her spouse had, thus adding additional financial burden after the tragedy of losing their spouse. HB4171 allows the deduction to be claimed as though the deceased spouse were still alive. | Click here for current bill status |
| HB 4530-4534 | Monitor | Thomas Albert (R) James Lower (R) Brad Paquette (R) Ann Bollin (R) Steven Johnson (R) | House Bills 4530-4534 would amend the calculation of unfunded actuarial accrued liability contributions in several in several state retirement systems. | MARSP is currently monitoring this set of bills and will take further action if necessary. | Click here for current bill status |
| HB 4694 | Support | Jim Lilly (R) | House Bill 4694 would amend the Public School Employees Retirement Act to modify a provision that allows certain retirees to work without losing retirement benefits while serving as a school renewal coach or high impact leadership facilitator under certain circumstances. The bill would extend the window during which a retiree to whom the provision applies could retire. | MARSP supports HB 4694 as it allows more retirees to return to work after retirement without losing pension and health benefits. | Click here for current bill status |