PERS tracks related legislation on this page during each session of the Mississippi Legislature. You may also use the tool at the right to view PERS-related legislation from past years.
PERS law can be found in Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11 (1972, as amended)
Legislation Archive
This is an archive of recent PERS Legislative Summaries. Use the following drop-box menu to locate and view a PDF summary of PERS-related legislation for the selected year. The PDF summary will open in a new browser tab.
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Pending - 2023 Legislative Session
There is no pending legislation.
Passed - 2023 Legislative Session
- HB 1020 - Lamar, Trey
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HB 1020 - Lamar, Trey - Capitol Complex Improvement District courts; authorize. 1-18-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means 1-25-23 H Do pass as substituted from committee House Ways
and Means2- 2-23 H Read the third time 2- 9-23 S Received in the Senate - Not referred 3-21-23 S Senate conferees named - Wiggins, Michel, Parker 4-21-23 Approved by Governor - HB 1607 - Read, John
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HB 1607 - Read, John - Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System. 1 02/13 (H) Referred to Appropriations 2-14-23 H Do pass from committee on House Appropriations 2-15-23 (H) Passed 2-16-23 (H) Transmitted to Senate 2-20-23 (S) Referred to Appropriations 3-9-23 (S) Title Suff Do Pass as Amended 3-26-23 H House adopted conference report (Vote: Y:115/N: 3) 4-17-23 Approved by Governor - SB 2323 - Fillingane Joey
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SB 2323 - Fillingane Joey - Community hospitals; allow consolidation and collaboration involving other hospitals. 1-18-23 S Do pass as substituted from committee Senate Public Health and Welfare 2- 3-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 52/N: 0) 2- 8-23 H Received in the House - Not referred 3-30-23 G Approved by Governor
Dead - 2023 Legislative Session
- HB 21 - Newman, Gene
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HB 21 - Newman, Gene - PERS; law enforcement officers and firefighters will vest after four years of membership regardless of the date they became members. 1- 3-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 77 - Denton, Oscar
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HB 77 - Denton, Oscar - Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid. 1- 4-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 78 - Denton, Oscar
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HB 78 - Denton, Oscar - Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made. 1- 4-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 114 - Clark, Bryant
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HB 114 - Clark, Bryant - PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years. 1- 4-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 153 - Young, Charles
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HB 153 - Young, Charles - Public employees; exempt from bad check fees caused by error in direct deposit made by their employer or retirement system. 1- 4-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Banking and Financial Services 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 212 - Newman, Gene
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HB 212 - Newman, Gene - PERS; certain law enforcement officers and firefighters shall receive one year of creditable service for every five years of service in Mississippi. 1- 4-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 218 - Turner, Jerry
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HB 218 - Turner, Jerry - PERS; allow retirees working in nonlicensed school position to earn full amount of salary for position. 1- 4-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 237 - Rushing, Randy
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HB 237 - Rushing, Randy - Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system. 1- 5-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 306 - Haney, Greg
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HB 306 - Haney, Greg - Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP, and MHSPRS. 1- 9-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 319 - Currie, Becky
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HB 319 - Currie, Becky - Retirement; PERS and SLRP members convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution is made. 1- 9-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 473 - Miles, Tom
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HB 473 - Miles, Tom - PERS; allow retirees to be employed as teachers and work full-time and receive full salary for two years. 1-13-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 558 - Haney, Greg
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HB 558 - Haney, Greg -PERS; allow retirees to work as law enforcement officer for another employer and draw retirement allowance and work full time. 1-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 587 - Shanks, Fred
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HB 587 - Shanks, Fred - PERS; all members of will vest after four years of membership regardless of the date they became members. 1-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 605 - Busby, Charles
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HB 605 - Busby, Charles - PERS; contribution rates not increased unless authorized by Legislature, and make recommendation on changes to the plan. 1-16-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Do pass as substituted from committee House Appropriations 2-9-23 H Died on Calendar - HB 695 - Carpenter, Lester
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HB 695 - Carpenter, Lester - PERS; new public safety employees may receive retirement allowance with 25 years of service. 1-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 745 - Evans, Bob
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HB 745 - Evans, Bob - Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. 1-17-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 790 - Arnold, Tracy
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HB 790 - Arnold, Tracy - PERS; county and municipal election commissioners shall be members of. 1-17-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 818 - Yancey, Lee
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HB 818 - Yancey, Lee - PERS Board; require to make investment decisions with sole purpose of maximizing returns. 1-17-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 891 - Brown, William "Bo"
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HB 891 - Brown, William "Bo" - PERS; conduct study on feasibility of allowing retired teachers to continue to work full-time and receive full retirement allowance. 1-17-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 994 - Darnell, Jerry
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HB 994 - Darnell, Jerry - Retired teachers; allow to return to teaching for a maximum of five years while receiving retirement benefits. 1-18-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1022 - Banks, Earle
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HB 1022 - Banks, Earle - State boards and commissions; Department of Finance and Administration travel regulations shall be applicable to all. 1-18-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1099 - Criswell, Dana
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HB 1099 - Criswell, Dana - Public retirement systems; require all investment actions to be made exclusively for purpose of providing financial benefits for members of. 1-19-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House
Appropriations1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1148 - Darnell, Jerry
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HB 1148 - Darnell, Jerry - Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in Legislature and receive only the expense allowance and mileage as compensation. 1-19-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House
Appropriations1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1195 - Lamar, Trey
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HB 1195 - Lamar, Trey - Retirement; allow certain members of PERS to purchase up to three years of creditable service. 1-19-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House
Ways and Means1-25-23 H Do pass from committee on House Ways and Means 2- 1-23 H Passed (Vote: Y:104/N: 7) 2- 2-23 S Received in the Senate - Not referred 2-13-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Finance 2-28-23 S Died in Committee - HB 1214 - Williamson, Brady
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HB 1214 - Williamson, Brady - Local and private laws that implement a tourism tax; authorize proceeds to be used for certain retirement fund and water/sewer systems. 1-19-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Local
and Private Legislation1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1267 - Currie, Becky
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HB 1267 - Currie, Becky - PERS; allow retirees to work as law enforcement officer for another employer and draw retirement allowance and work full-time. 1-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House
Appropriations1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1296 - Bain, Nick
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HB 1296 - Bain, Nick - Community hospitals and UMMC; expand powers and authority and provide for immunity from antitrust laws. 1-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health and Human Services 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1368 - Steverson, Jody
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HB 1368 - Steverson, Jody - School districts; authorize certain districts to employ retired teachers while they continue to draw retirement allowance. 1-25-23 H and also referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1380 - Banks, Earle
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HB 1380 - Banks, Earle - Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. 1-25-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1387 - Banks, Earle
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HB 1387 - Banks, Earle - Salaries; increase for members of the Mississippi Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives. 1-25-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1481 - Banks, Earle
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HB 1481 - Banks, Earle - Retirement; county board attorneys and city attorneys shall be members of PERS regardless of hours/week worked. 1-26-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HB 1482 - Banks, Earle
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HB 1482 - Banks, Earle - Legislature; allow certain retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. 1-26-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HCR 7 - Johnson, Robert
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HCR 7 - Johnson, Robert - Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements from each congressional district for an initiative petition to the number of current congressional districts. 1-10-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Rules 1-31-23 H Died in committee - HCR 26 - Rosebud, Tracey
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HCR 26 - Rosebud, Tracey - Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements to be from each congressional district for initiative petition. 1-18-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Constitution 1-31-23 H Died in committee - SB 2021 - Wiggins, Brice
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SB 2021 - Wiggins, Brice - First Responder Appreciation and Recruitment Act; create. 1- 9-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance 1-31-23 H Died in committee - SB 2148 - Butler, Kelvin
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SB 2148 - Butler, Kelvin - Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if having 30 years of creditable service. 1-11-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance 1-31-23 H Died in committee - SB 2478 - Norwood, Sollie
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SB 2478 - Norwood, Sollie - Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of. 1-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance 1-31-23 S Died in committee - SB 2479 - Norwood, Sollie
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SB 2479 - Norwood, Sollie - PERS; reduce vesting period from eight years to four. 1-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance 1-31-23 S Died in committee - SB 2592 - Norwood, Sollie
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SB 2592 - Norwood, Sollie - PRetired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers subject to certain conditions. 1-19-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate
Finance1-31-23 S Died in committee - SB 2704 - DeLano, Scott
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SB 2704 - DeLano, Scott - First Responders Retirement Incentive; create. 1-19-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate
Finance1-31-23 S Died in committee - SB 2712 - Jackson, Robert
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SB 2712 - Jackson, Robert - PERS; reduce vesting period for retirement benefits from eight years to four years. 1-19-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate
Finance1-31-23 S Died in committee - SB 2849 - McMahan, Chad
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SB 2849 - McMahan, Chad - PERS; clarify fiduciary duty to invest for highest return and not based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. 1-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate
Finance1-31-23 S Do pass from committee on Senate Finance 2- 9-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 43/N: 4) 2-9-23 S Died in Calendar - SB 2880 - McDaniel, Chris
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SB 2880 - McDaniel, Chris - Personal and medical leave; law enforcement and firefighters can buy back after work-related injury. 1-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate
Accountability and Transparency1-31-23 S Died in committee