OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law a bill that will restore injured law enforcement officers to half-pay status in the pension system and will increase future benefits for survivors.

House Bill 2065 by Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, improves the benefit structure for members of the Law Enforcement Retirement System who are injured in the line of duty and makes a similar improvement for purposes of computing benefits payable to the beneficiaries of the members of this system whose death results from performance of their law enforcement duties