HB0034

Authorizes firefighters and wildland firefighting personnel employed by Wyoming state agencies to participate in the state retirement system and appropriates funds for retirement contributions.

• Adds 'firefighter member' to the definition of eligible participants in the Wyoming retirement system, including employees of the Wyoming National Guard fire department crash and rescue unit employed full-time for firefighting and rescue operations, and persons employed full-time in wildland firefighting occupations by state agencies. (W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxv), Sec. 1)
• Appropriates $181,000 from the general fund to the office of state lands and investments for retirement contributions under this act for the fiscal period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, with unexpended funds reverting and an expectation of inclusion in future budgets. (Sec. 2)
• Requires the Wyoming retirement board and office of state lands and investments to promulgate rules necessary to implement the firefighter member provisions. (Sec. 3(a))
• Establishes that coverage of eligible firefighting and wildland firefighting personnel as firefighter members commences July 1, 2026, unless they elect to remain as general members by providing notice to the Wyoming retirement board by April 30, 2026, with such election being irrevocable. (Sec. 3(b))
• Specifies that prior service credit in other retirement plans administered by the Wyoming retirement board cannot be transferred or included as service credit for firefighter members, except for prior credit earned as a firefighter or law enforcement officer member. (Sec. 3(b))

Effective: July 1, 2026

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