New MexicoNew Mexico telecommunicators would be classified as police members
Public safety telecommunicators would be classified as police members, while current municipal and state members would vote on adopting specified coverage plans.
What it does
The text classifies local and state public safety telecommunicators as police members under the Public Employees Retirement Act.
The retirement board would ask eligible municipal members whether to adopt police coverage plan 5.
The retirement board would ask eligible state members whether to adopt public safety coverage plan 1.
Argument forTelecommunicators could be covered as police members if voters adopt the proposed plans, giving them a path to coverage beyond general member plans.
Argument againstWorkers voting on the plans may face uncertainty about their retirement coverage while the board conducts elections and certifies the results.
More detail
The bill would classify public safety telecommunicators as municipal or state police members under PERA. This covers telecommunicators employed by municipalities and other nonstate public employers, and those employed by the state.
The retirement board would hold an election on adopting municipal police member coverage plan 5. Eligible voters are municipal police members currently contributing under a municipal general member coverage plan. The election asks municipal police members currently contributing under a municipal general member plan whether to adopt plan 5. The board must hold the election by December 30, 2026, and certify the results to the secretary of state by January 1, 2027.
The retirement board would hold an election on adopting state public safety member coverage plan 1. Eligible voters are state police members currently contributing under state general member coverage plan 3. The election asks state police members currently contributing under the state general member plan 3 whether to adopt plan 1. The board must hold the election by December 30, 2026, and certify the results to the secretary of state by January 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 24action postponed indefinitelyLatest
- Jan 22Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Finance CommitteeIntroduced
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