PRINTER'S NO. 148
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
192
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, BREWSTER, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE,
SANTARSIERO AND LEACH, FEBRUARY 1, 2019
REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 1, 2019
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; in
administration and miscellaneous provisions, further
providing for duties of board regarding applications and
elections of members 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; and, in administration, funds, accounts,
general provisions, further providing for duties of board
regarding applications and elections of members 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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