All Roll Calls
Yes: 195 • No: 35
North DakotaHB 12742025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52-01, 54-52-02.15, 54-52-06.4, and 54-52-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to membership of the public employees retirement system public safety retirement plan.
Sponsored By: Todd Porter (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 3 mixed.
Later retirement for state criminal investigators
If you first joined the Bureau of Criminal Investigation after July 31, 2023, your normal retirement is the first day of the month after you turn 55 and complete at least 10 eligible years. This delays full, unreduced benefits for affected officers.
How your state pension is calculated now
If you leave after December 31, 2019, your final average salary is the higher of the amount set on December 31, 2019 or your three highest 12‑month periods in your last 15 years. For members first enrolled after December 31, 2019, the service multiplier is 1.75% per year, not 2%. For members first enrolled after December 31, 2015, early retirement cuts your benefit by 8% for each year before your normal date; this cut does not apply to most public safety members or judges. You must have at least two years of continuous North Dakota public employment right before eligibility to get a prior service benefit.
New hires move to defined contribution plan
Beginning January 1, 2025, new eligible public employees must join the defined contribution retirement plan, not the pension plan. If you were participating or a deferred member before January 1, 2025, you stay in the pension plan, even if rehired. An “eligible employee” is a permanent worker age 18+ who joins after December 31, 2024 and is not eligible for the public safety, judges’, highway patrol, teachers’, or university alternative plans.
Full-time test and one-plan limit for firefighters, corrections
Correctional officers who begin on or after this law’s effective date must work at least 32 hours per week and 20 weeks per year to qualify. They also cannot be in another PERS plan at the same time. Firefighters who began after July 31, 2017 face the same 32‑hour/20‑week test and the same one‑plan limit. These rules apply to members of the public safety retirement plan.
Public safety pension funding and paycheck deductions
BCI peace officers pay 4% of pay, with 1‑point increases in January 2012, January 2013, January 2024, and January 2025. State correctional officers and state peace officers (not BCI) pay 6% of monthly pay. National Guard security officers pay 6% starting August 1, 2015, dropping to 5.5% beginning January 2016. Employers of correctional officers, state peace officers, and National Guard security officers must pay the actuarially required amounts to fund benefits, and if they pay an employee assessment, they must also pay an equal extra amount.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Todd Porter
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jason Dockter
Republican • House
Pat D. Heinert
Republican • House
Karen Karls
Republican • House
Bernie Satrom
Republican • House
Austen Schauer
Republican • House
Michelle Axtman
Republican • Senate
Sean Cleary
Republican • Senate
Dick Dever
Republican • Senate
Kristin Roers
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/7/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 71 nays 19
Yes: 71 • No: 19
Senate vote • 3/26/2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0
Yes: 47 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 16
Yes: 77 • No: 16
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17
4/21/2025HouseSigned by Governor 04/15
4/18/2025HouseSent to Governor
4/14/2025HouseSigned by Speaker
4/14/2025HouseSigned by President
4/9/2025SenateSecond reading, passed, yeas 71 nays 19
4/7/2025HouseConcurred
4/7/2025HouseReturned to House (12)
3/27/2025HouseSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0
3/26/2025SenateAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
3/25/2025SenateReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1
3/24/2025SenateCommittee Hearing 03:00
3/20/2025SenateIntroduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
3/7/2025SenateReceived from House
2/25/2025SenateSecond reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 16
2/24/2025HouseAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
2/24/2025HouseReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 4 2
2/21/2025HouseCommittee Hearing 09:00
1/30/2025HouseIntroduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
1/13/2025House
Bill Text
Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
Adopted by the Senate State and Local Government Committee
Enrollment
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments
INTRODUCED
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