In testimony presented to the Ohio House Pension Committee ahead of today’s (Nov. 28, 2023) meeting on House Bill 296, several opponents of the bill seem unaware of the repeated actuarial studies that comment on equalizing employer contributions to OP&F.

For members who are retired and participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), OP&F has specific deadlines on when to submit a distribution request in order to receive the funds in the 2023 calendar year.

Ohio State Representatives Cindy Abrams and Thomas Hall introduced the updated Public Safety Pension Modernization Act on Oct. 5, 2023.