Pension Reform Toolkit

Commonwealth Foundation Resources and Analysis

• News Release: Senate Tackles Growing Crisis, Advances Responsible Pension Reform
• Infographic: Triple Threat Pension Debt
• PolicyReport: Stopping the Sinkhole: Lessons for Pension Reform in Pennsylvania
• Repeating Detroit’s Error in Pennsylvania
• PolicyPoints: Public Pensions: Past, Present, and Future
• PolicyPoints: Pennsylvania’s Pension Crisis: Myths and Facts
• Infographic: Unsinkable: The True Story of Pennsylvania’s Sinking Pension System

Principles for Public Pension Reform

• Public retirement plans should provide a competitive retirement that is affordable for taxpayers.
• Retirement costs should be predictable for state and local governments.
• Retirement contributions should be paid while workers are currently working, not pushed off onto future generations.
  

Pension Reform Legislative Resources

• Senate Bill 1: Senate Pension Reform Plan
• Senate Bill 401: Moving State Legislators’ to a Defined Contribution Program
• House Bill 727: House Pension Reform Plan
• House Bill 900: Repayment of Pension Debt