Government Relations

Solvency plans are back on the front burner. Last night, Senate Finance gave a do pass to the PERA solvency plan that now features an employer contribution increase of .4 percent rather than 1.5 percent. Significantly, the PERA plan only achieves 90 ...

Senate Finance did not take up any of the retirement bills this afternoon. The committee is scheduled to look at PERA solvency at 10 a.m. in the morning. The House has HB 64, ERB solvency, on its temporary calendar.Meanwhile, Sen. Michael Sanchez ...

Both houses are scheduled back on the floor at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The afternoon's action will concentrate in Senate Finance with the start of budget talks and decisions (one hopes) on both pension solvency plans. SENATE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION:(2) ...

House Appropriations pulled HB 64, ERB solvency, off the table and gave it a do pass with no debate or fanfare this afternoon. It now goes to the floor. Though the agenda for Monday is not yet out, it is believed SB 115, also ERB solvency, will be heard ...

The House passed the state budget this afternoon after long and spirited debate. The budget now goes to the Senate. Meanwhile, the work on other bills continues:The House will convene at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22.THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION2. HOUSE ...

This afternoon House Appropriations and Finance temporarily tabled HB 64, the ERB solvency bill, giving members time to work out funding issues. This came after the committee voted down a proposed amendment to change the COLA. However a Do Pass motion ...

HAFC takes up the state budget in the morning while Senate Finance and House Appropriations are both scheduled to hear their respective ERB bills tomorrow afternoon. And the lottery is back up in House Education Wednesday morning.First to the floor:House ...

Good morning,We're halfway through the session, bill introductions are in and some committees are already spreading their work week into Saturday. Here is what's coming up: House Convenes at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013JOINT SESSION: SENATOR MARTIN T. ...

Good morning.Both houses worked late into the afternoon Tuesday. They'll be back at it again on Wednesday, the House at 10 a.m. and the Senate at 10:30 a.m. Some bills of interest are beginning to be heard on the floor.HOUSE THIRD READING OF ...

The much anticipated mid-session revenue estimates have been released and it has been determined that the change is less than 1 percent, which is deemed close enough for government work and to not change the estimates at all. However, the LFC did want to ...