Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2006: Providing membership in the KP&F retirement system for certain security officers of the department of corrections and allowing certain service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; affiliation and membership of certain security officers of the department of corrections in the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system; providing for employee and employer contributions; authorizing certain participating service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer participating service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2025:
AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; affiliation and membership of certain security officers of the department of corrections in the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system; providing for employee and employer contributions; authorizing certain participating service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer participating service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) As used in this section, "security officer" means the same as defined by K.S.A. 74-4914a(1)(a) and (b), and amendments thereto. (b) On and after July 1, 2025, the department of corrections shall be an eligible employer as defined in K.S.A. 74-4952, and amendments thereto, and shall affiliate on July 1, 2025, with the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system established under K.S.A. 74-4951 et seq., and amendments thereto, pursuant to the provisions of this section for membership in the system for security officers who are employed by the department of corrections. The department of corrections shall make application for affiliation with such system in the manner provided by K.S.A. 74-4954, and amendments thereto, to be effective on July 1 next following application. The department of corrections shall affiliate for membership in the system of such employees for participating service credit. (c) The division of …