PENNSYLVANIA, March 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 314

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

303

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE, SANTARSIERO, BREWSTER,

SCHWANK AND COSTA, MARCH 10, 2021

REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in membership,

contributions and benefits, further providing for member's

options, for death benefits and for payment of benefits; in

administration and miscellaneous provisions, further

providing for duties of board regarding applications and

elections of members and for rights and duties of school

employees, members and participants; in benefits, further

providing for member's options, for death benefits and for

payment of benefits; and, in administration, funds, accounts,

general provisions, further providing for duties of board

regarding applications and elections of members and for

rights and duties of State employees, members and

participants.

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Spouses of State and public school employees in this

Commonwealth should be protected from impoverishment as a

result of the death of their spouses, consistent with the

Commonwealth's treatment of marital property and the

protections afforded spouses of private company employees.

(2) The law in this Commonwealth currently recognizes a

spouse's marital property interest in a State or public

school employee's accrued pension benefits upon divorce, but

does not provide adequate protection to the nonemployee

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