Public Employees
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Eligibility [HB-1333]
Expanding eligibility for a certain property tax credit in Washington County for certain disabled veterans to include certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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County Superintendents - Contracts - Required Provisions (Superintendent Buyout Limit) [HB-1317]
Requiring that a contract executed between a county board of education and a county superintendent of schools on or after July 1, 2025, include certain provisions that provide for the compensation the county superintendent shall receive on termination of the contract and the continuance of health benefits coverage for 1 year beginning on the date of termination or until the county superintendent secures new employment, whichever occurs first.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect [HB-1413]
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Constituent Services Liaison - Establishment [HB-1275]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the employment agreement for the constituent services liaison; providing that the salary of the constituent services liaison is $120,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1, relative to family leave for adoption of a newly placed minor child. [HB-1150]
As introduced, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Miller
Rec. For Pass; Ref To Calendar & Rules Committee on 03/25/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Reject Comp Commission Recommendations [SB-87]
An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Effective Date(s) Of Law 3/7/25 on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay [HB-1080]
Establishing that governmental units may provide disaster service leave with pay to certain employees; establishing that an employee of a governmental unit of a county or a municipality in the State may be entitled to disaster service leave with pay under certain circumstances; authorizing certain governmental units to waive certain requirements for disaster service leave; and authorizing a governmental unit of a county or a municipality to provide leave with pay under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Favorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, relative to compensation of public employees. [SB-724]
As introduced, provides a five-day grace period for assistant district attorneys general and criminal investigators to submit expense accounts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Adam Lowe
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals [SB-892]
Establishing a minimum wage of $25.00 to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning July 1, 2025; adjusting the minimum wage for education support professionals for inflation each year; and defining "education support professional" as a noncertificated public school employee designated as part of a nonsupervisory bargaining unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [SB-895]
Applying to governmental employers certain provisions of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law that prohibit an employer from making deductions from the wage of an employee except for specified purposes; and allowing a governmental employer to make a deduction from a public employee's wage if the deduction is authorized expressly in a compensation or benefit plan adopted by the employer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [SB-864]
Authorizing certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to participate in the Employees' Pension System; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights; requiring certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to make a certain election on a certain date; providing for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act) [SB-872]
Authorizing counties and municipalities to grant a preference in the hiring and promotion to eligible veterans, spouses of an eligible service member, spouses of certain eligible veterans and eligible service members, and surviving spouses of deceased eligible veterans; authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt a local law that allows for the application of a certain credit on a selection test for eligible spouses, eligible veterans, and certain spouses and surviving spouses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [SB-976]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Public employees; merit; hiring practices [SB-1584]
Public employees; merit; hiring practices
Sponsored by: Sen. Javan Mesnard
House Gov Committee Action: Do Pass, Voting: (4-3-0-0-0-0) on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Relations - Protection of the Free Exercise of Religion [HB-1019]
Prohibiting a governmental authority, under certain circumstances, from burdening a person's exercise of religion; and authorizing a person aggrieved by a violation of the Act to obtain certain relief in a civil action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stuart Schmidt
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [HB-1016]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify certain funding sources and mechanisms, and to submit a report to the Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore City, and the General Assembly on its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Task Force from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Third Reading Passed (129-8) on 03/17/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Public Employer Pension Contributions [SB-81]
An Act relating to employer contribution rates in the teachers' retirement system and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bert Stedman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Retirement Systems; Defined Benefit Opt. [HB-78]
An Act relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; providing certain employees an opportunity to choose between the defined benefit and defined contribution plans of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Special Police Officers - County Government - Protection of Employees and Public Officials [SB-729]
Authorizing a county to apply for the appointment of special police officers in order to protect the county's employees and public officials while present in the county; and authorizing a certain special police officer employed by a county to exercise the powers of a police officer under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025