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OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
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                                H.B. 78                           Bill Analysis
                      135th   General Assembly
                                                                    Click here for H.B. 78’s Fiscal Note
    Version: As Reported by Senate Insurance
    Primary Sponsors: Reps. Seitz and J. Miller
    Effective Date:
    Kailey Henry, Research Analyst
                                                         SUMMARY
                      ▪ Makes retired teachers who are reemployed in positions covered by the State Teachers
                          Retirement System (STRS) eligible to seek election to the STRS Board.
                                               DETAILED ANALYSIS
State Teachers Retirement Board membership
       The bill makes teachers retired from the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) (called
“superannuates”) who are reemployed in positions covered by STRS eligible to seek election to
the STRS Board.1 Currently, a reemployed superannuate cannot seek election to the Board.2
       The 11-member Board includes seven elected members under continuing law. Current
law limits the seven elected members to:
                      ▪ Five members, known as contributing members, who must be STRS members
                          (superannuates and reemployed superannuates are not STRS members3); and
                      ▪ Two members, known as retired teacher members, who must be superannuates not
                          otherwise employed in STRS-covered positions.
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 This analysis was prepared before the report of the Senate Insurance Committee appeared in the Senate
Journal. Note that the legislative history may be incomplete.
1
      R.C. 3307.05.
2
 See 2004 Ohio Atty.Gen.Ops. No. 2004-040 and STRS – Retirement Board Seat Up for Election in 2023,
which may be accessed by conducting a keyword “election 2023” search on the State Teachers Retirement
System website: strsoh.org.
3
      R.C. 3307.01(C) and 3307.35(C), not in the bill.
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     A reemployed superannuate may seek election under the bill as a retired teacher
member. The bill does not affect the terms of Board members serving on the bill’s effective date.4
                                        HISTORY
                               Action                                      Date
    Introduced                                           02-27-23
    Reported, H. Pensions                                10-03-23
    Passed House (89-0)                                  12-06-23
    Reported, S. Insurance                               ---
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4
    R.C. 3307.05; Section 3.
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                                                                      As Reported by Senate Insurance
Statutes affected: 
As Introduced: 3307.05, 3307.06, 3307.07
As Reported By House Committee: 3307.01, 3307.05, 3309.01
As Passed By House: 3307.01, 3307.05, 3309.01