State Employee Retirement

2025-2026 Bill 4593: State Employee Retirement - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4593
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Henderson-Myers
Document Path: LC-0411SA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Ways and Means
Summary: State Employee Retirement
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/16/2025

House

Prefiled

12/16/2025

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 31
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 31
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTIONS
9-1-1790
AND
9-11-90
, RELATING TO THE AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE EARNED UPON
RETURN TO COVERED EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE
POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A
RETIRED MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY CERTAIN EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
SYSTEM.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
9-1-1790
(C) and (D) of the S.C. Code is
amended to read:

(
C) A retired member shall pay to the system the employee
contribution as if the member were an active contributing member if an employer
participating in the system employs the retired member. The retired member
does not accrue additional service credit in the system by reason of the
contributions required pursuant to this subsection and subsection (B) of this
section.

(D)
(
C)
A retired member of the South Carolina Retirement
System who is not a member of the Police Officers Retirement System, but is
employed in a position that would otherwise be covered by the Police Officers
Retirement System, shall not join the Police Officers Retirement System but,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that member is deemed a retired
contributing member of the South Carolina Retirement System
and shall remit the employee contributions required under
subsection (C) of this section to the South Carolina Retirement System

and the employer shall remit to the South Carolina Retirement System the
employer contribution required by subsection (B). An employer who hires a
retiree of the South Carolina Retirement System pursuant to this subsection
shall elect to participate as an employer in the South Carolina Retirement
System.

S
ECTION 2.
S
ection
9-11-90
(4)(c) and (d) of the S.C. Code is
amended to read:

(c) A retired member shall pay to the system the employee
contribution as if the member were an active contributing member if an employer
participating in the system employs the retired member. The retired member
does not accrue additional service credit in the system by reason of the
contributions required pursuant to this item and item (b) of this subsection.

(d)
(
c)
A retired member of the Police Officers Retirement
System who is not a member of the South Carolina Retirement System, but is
employed in a position that would otherwise be covered by the South Carolina
Retirement System, shall not join the South Carolina Retirement System but,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that member is deemed a retired
contributing member of the Police Officers Retirement System
and shall remit the employee contributions required under item
(c) of this subsection to the Police Officers Retirement System
and the
employer shall remit to the Police Officers Retirement System the employer
contribution required by item (b). An employer who hires a retiree of the
Police Officers Retirement System pursuant to this subsection shall elect to
participate as an employer in the Police Officers Retirement System.

S
ECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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