PENNSYLVANIA, January 18 - PRINTER'S NO. 54

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

58

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, BREWSTER,

SANTARSIERO AND FONTANA, JANUARY 18, 2023

REFERRED TO FINANCE, JANUARY 18, 2023

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 from

the system; in administration and miscellaneous provisions,

further providing for duties of board regarding applications

and elections of members and participants 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 from the system; and, in

administration, funds, accounts, general provisions, further

providing for duties of board regarding applications and

elections of members and participants 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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