First Responders Retirement Parity Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +5
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2025
What it does
The First Responders Retirement Parity Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to allow governmental pension plans to include certain firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics who are employed by tax-exempt public safety agencies under contract with state or local governments, without losing their status as governmental plans. The bill specifically permits participation by emergency response providers whose substantially all services involve firefighting or out-of-hospital emergency medical services for a political subdivision. These changes would apply to plan years beginning after the date of enactment, ensuring parity in retirement benefits for these first responders.
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
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Where it goes next
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