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Probation Officers and 911 Telecommunicators Pension Plans Work Group

The 2025 Omnibus Pension and Retirement Bill (Laws 2025, Chapter 37, Article 17) requires LCPR staff to convene a work group for the purpose of determining the terms and conditions of new pension plans to be established for probation officers and 911 telecommunicators and recommending legislation to the Commission that will establish the plans.

The next meeting of the work group will take place on November 6th, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. in the Ladyslipper conference room, on the first floor of the Centennial Office Building, 658 Cedar Street, St. Paul.

Materials for prior and upcoming meetings are available here.

Members of the public may stream the meeting through this Youtube link. If you are not a member of the work group, and wish to attend the meeting in person, please contact Aleena Wilson (aleena.wilson@lcpr.mn.gov) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. The work group will not take testimony and time for public comment will be limited and only if time permits.

LCPR Staff Memo: Social Security Fairness Act

Historically, two federal laws—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)—reduced Social Security benefits for people who received a pension for work on which they did not pay Social Security taxes. However, the Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law on January 5, 2025, repealed the WEP and GPO. Due to the repeal, the Social Security Administration began issuing retroactive benefit payments and increasing monthly payments for retirees previously affected by the WEP and GPO. For more information on the background of the WEP and GPO and impact of the Social Security Fairness Act, see the LCPR Staff Memo on the Social Security Fairness Act.

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