Skip to main content
ORS State Police Retirement System

ORS State Police Retirement System

Pension Payday icon Message Board icon Mailbox icon
Pension Pay Dates Message Board Address Change

Welcome

Welcome to the Michigan Office of Retirement Services (ORS) website for the Michigan State Police. Membership in the retirement plan is automatic for enlisted officers who completed recruit school and subscribed to the constitutional oath of office before June 2012.
 
If you became part of the Michigan State Police in June 2012 or later, you are a member of the Pension Plus Plan. Visit the Pension Plus website for more information.
 
If you work for the Michigan State Police but are not an officer, you are a member of the State Employees' Retirement System.
 
The retirement system provides competitive retirement and healthcare benefits and encourages you to take full advantage of them to plan for your future retirement. ORS manages the retirement system carefully to preserve it for you, your beneficiaries, and other future retirees.
 
During your career, details from your biweekly payroll are reported to ORS. Your pension plan contributions, wages earned, and hours paid become part of your personal pension record.
 
You also can enroll in the State of Michigan 401(k) and 457 Plans (the Plans) to help supplement your pension with additional tax-deferred retirement savings. ORS administers the Plans while Voya Financial takes care of the daily management. 
 
When you are eligible and ready, you’ll apply for retirement with ORS. Your final wage information will be reported. ORS will become your partner in retirement. 

What's New

ORS named America Saves Savings Champion

The Michigan Office of Retirement Services (ORS) is a 2024 Savings Champion Award recipient from America Saves.

ORS was honored for effectively and actively promoting savings strategies during America Saves Week, which ran April 8-12, 2024, during Financial Literacy Month. ORS was 1 of 18 organizations recognized out of 4,600-plus participants.

During America Saves Week, ORS highlighted savings strategies that help with retirement savings and urged saving for what matters most. You can do that by saving automatically, for the unexpected, for major milestones, and at any age. Also, realize that paying down debt is saving.

ORS named 2024 Plan Sponsor of the Year

 
Among 10 winners of 2024 Plan Sponsor of the Year recognition announced in Chicago at the 2024 PlanSponsor National Conference June 4-7, ORS outperformed two other finalists in our category.
 
The focal point for the ORS honor is Small Steps, the program that helps State of Michigan 401(k) and 457 Plan participants better prepare for retirement. Administered by Voya Financial for ORS, Small Steps is a program that increases participant contributions by 1% annually up to 15% unless they opt out. Small Steps is for Michigan public school, State of Michigan, and Michigan State Police employees eligible for the employer match as Defined Contribution (DC), Pension Plus, and Personal Healthcare Fund participants.
 
For the 2024 Small Steps program, 97.9% of eligible participants retained the 1% increase to their DC Plan as of April 30, 2024. More than 2,000 increased their contributions to 15% or greater, according to Voya.

Changes to Insurance Eligibility for Children

Public Act (PA) 158 will take effect on Feb. 13, 2024. The new law allows for a child to remain on retiree insurance until the month in which that child turns 26, regardless of enrollment in post-secondary education or dependency status for tax purposes. For more information, please see Dependent Coverage.

If you wish to enroll a child who is now eligible as a result of this change, you may do so as soon as March 1, 2024, by completing and submitting an Insurance Enrollment/Change Request (R0452H) and all required proofs on or before Feb. 29, 2024. When ORS receives your enrollment request and required proofs, coverage will be effective the first of the following month, if your request is received prior to Sept. 1, 2024. If ORS receives your enrollment request and required proofs on or after Sept. 1, 2024, coverage will start the first of the sixth month after receipt. 

Published Feb. 5, 2024

Public Act 4 of 2023 — Retirement State Tax Changes

Public Act (PA) 4 of 2023, also known as the Lowering MI Costs Plan, takes effect Feb. 13, 2024.

PA 4 of 2023 amends the Income Tax Act of 1967 to allow all retired members of the Michigan State Police Retirement System (SPRS) who receive a pension to be exempt from state income tax beginning with the 2023 tax year.

 Michigan’s 2023 tax return, forms, and instructions (e-file and paper format) incorporate all retirement and pension benefit subtraction options – including those created in the new law. Retirees who filed their taxes prior to the law’s effective date need not file an amended return. The Michigan Department of Treasury will work impacted returns as they are received and prepare them for release after the law’s effective date. For more details, see the Michigan Department of Treasury website.

The Michigan Office of Retirement Services will continue to evaluate what the new law means for our members. Please consult a tax professional regarding any questions you may have. For direct information and the exact language of PA 4 of 2023, you can review the full law here. 

State Police FAQs for Public Act 4 of 2023 - Retirement State Tax Changes