Public Act 502 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Howard Walker (R) on May 13, 2008, to revise the law allowing a former government employee covered by a defined benefit pension system and who goes to work with another government agency, to add the time served under the new government employer to the pension credits promised by the previous one. The bill would allow this if the individual acquires the second job within 20 years of leaving the first, rather than the 15 years allowed under current law.
  • Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on May 13, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on December 2, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
    • Substitute offered in the House on December 4, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on December 4, 2008.
    • Substitute offered by Rep. Howard Walker (R) on December 4, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that slightly narrows its scope by limiting it to employees who left the previous government job after Sept. 1, 2006. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 4, 2008.
• Passed 95 to 5 in the House on December 4, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 10, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on December 10, 2008.
• Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on December 18, 2008, to revise the law allowing a former government employee covered by a defined benefit pension system and who goes to work with another government agency, to add the time served under the new government employer to the pension credits promised by the previous one. The bill would allow this if the individual acquires the second job within 20 years of leaving the first, rather than the 15 years allowed under current law.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on January 12, 2009.