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At the WV Legislature: House Committee on Pensions and Retirement advances four bills relating to police and fire department pensions and funding

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a very brief meeting of the West Virginia Legislature’s House Committee on Pensions and Retirement on Tuesday, four bills, all relating to police and fire department pensions and funding, were advanced. 

Committee Chair: Delegate Erikka Storch, R-Ohio

The first bill advanced, House Bill (HB) 2900, would allow “conditional re-employment of retired deputy sheriff’s in the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System (DSRS) and allow [them] to continue…