Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF5308: Payment authorization of a retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon reemployment of a police officer
Status: In committee, May 17, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; authorizing payment of a retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon reemployment of a police officer; authorizing continued participation in the statewide public employees insurance program during reemployment as a police officer; setting limits on the number of retired police officers that a city may employ as police officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 353.37, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353.
From the introduced text, May 16, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; authorizing payment of a retirement annuity without reduction or suspension upon reemployment of a police officer; authorizing continued participation in the statewide public employees insurance program during reemployment as a police officer; setting limits on the number of retired police officers that a city may employ as police officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 353.37, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 353.37, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: new text begin [ADDED: Subd. 7.] new text end new text begin [ police officers.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) This section does not apply to the reemployment of a police officer who is receiving an annuity or has applied to receive an annuity from the public employees police and fire retirement plan and who, pursuant to section 353.658, returns to employment as a police officer covered by the public employees police and fire retirement plan.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "police officer" means an individual described as a police officer in section 353.64.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: EFFECTIVE DATE.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: …