An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; and, in membership, credited service, classes of service, and eligibility for benefits, further providing for creditable nonstate service.

HB 349 expands retirement credit for Pennsylvania state employees by adding three specific types of prior service to count toward benefits: work at community colleges before July 1, 1971; service as a justice of the peace before January 1970; and up to five years of municipal police service by Pennsylvania State Police members. This affects state employees who previously held these roles and had not been able to count that service toward retirement. The bill amends existing statutes to clarify these service types as "creditable nonstate service" under retirement rules. It takes effect 60 days after enactment.