The Record Is Public. The Impact Is Personal.
They deserve to know how those seeking to lead our state have treated their
retirement security in the past.
firefighters, state employees, retirees, troopers, and other public workers.
Here’s what that record means for the people who serve Oklahoma.
Public workers deserve the full record.
Work Longer.
Mike Mazzei was the principal Senate author of
SB 377, which raised the normal retirement age
for new teachers from 62 to 65 and changed Rule-of-90 eligibility
for new entrants.
For educators, that meant moving the retirement finish line farther away.
Pay More.
Mazzei was the principal Senate author of
HB 2078, which increased employee and employer
contribution rates for new firefighter hires while also changing
service, age, vesting, and DROP requirements.
Firefighters already give enough in service to Oklahoma.
Wait Longer.
Retirees went over a decade without a meaningful cost-of-living increase.
Mazzei helped advance HB 2132, which required a separate
funding source before future permanent cost-of-living adjustments could
be approved.
That created another hurdle for retirees trying to keep up with rising costs.
Less Retirement Security.
Mazzei supported HB 2630, which moved many eligible
new state employees into OPERS Pathfinder instead of the traditional
defined-benefit pension.
A 401(k)-style account is not the same retirement promise as a pension.
Troopers Deserve the Full Record, Too.
Mazzei voted for SB 1001 (2012), which increased the
state employer contribution to OLERS from 10% to 11%, but reduced
retirement benefits for troopers and other OLERS members hired on or
after November 1, 2012.
Future hires lost access to the benefit calculation based on current
top pay for the covered position and instead received benefits based
solely on their own final average salary.
Troopers Deserve the Full Record, Too.
Mazzei voted for SB 1001 (2012), which increased the
state employer contribution to OLERS from 10% to 11%, but reduced
retirement benefits for troopers and other OLERS members hired on or
after November 1, 2012.
Future hires lost access to the benefit calculation based on current
top pay for the covered position and instead received benefits based
solely on their own final average salary.
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