Public Officers And Employees

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to compensation of members of the General Assembly. [HB-396] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 6.190 to provide for annual salaries for members of the General Assembly; require each member of the General Assembly to be paid on the first and fifteenth day of each month; amend KRS 6.211 to delete an old date reference; amend KRS 6.225 to allow reimbursement for travel expenses for the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if engaged in their duties when the General Assembly is not in session, in addition to their annual salary; amend KRS 7.110 to provide travel allowances to members of the General (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond Introduced In House on 01/29/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to redistricting. [HB-395] [Elections ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission; define terms; require the commission be composed of 13 members who meet certain requirements and submit applications; require the Secretary of State to mail random applications for commissioner and make applications for commissioner available on its website; require the Secretary of State to randomly select commissioners from pools of qualifying applicants; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; require commissioners' terms correlate with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown Introduced In House on 01/29/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contribution. [HB-7341] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contribution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William W. O'Brien Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan. [HB-7332] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS - Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Craven Introduced, Referred To House Finance on 01/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency. [HB-388] [Housing ] [Law Enforcement ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Elections ] [Property Tax ] [Construction ] [Real Estate ] [Public Safety ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commissions, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by consolidated local governments have geographic diversity; amends KRS 67C.103 to require that the election of council members in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.105 to require that the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin D. Bratcher Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 181) on 04/12/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the emergency powers of the Governor. [SB-133] [Public Safety ] [Disaster Relief ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 39A.010 to remove potential, threatened, or impending occurrences from enumerated emergency management system items; amend KRS 39A.020 to define "executive action" to include all orders and guidelines, including industry-specific or agency specific guidelines related to a declared emergency; amend KRS 39A.030 to remove hazards from list of enumerated items that the emergency management program is responsible; amend KRS 39A.050 to limit the powers of the Division of Emergency Management; amend KRS Chapter 39A.070 to prohibit the director (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne E. Southworth To State & Local Government (s) on 02/07/2024

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2024 Regular Session

Revise the process by which a legislative vacancy is filled. [HB-1188] [Elections ]
Revise the process by which a legislative vacancy is filled.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen Scheduled For Hearing H.j. 1 on 02/08/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system. [HB-7275] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Diaz Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators. [SB-2156] [Education ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Louis P. Dipalma Signed By Governor on 06/26/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits. [SB-2163] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows retired public safety officers to seek secondary employment with the state or any municipality without any reduction or forfeiture of retirement benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance on 01/24/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to in line of duty disability benefits and declaring an emergency. [HB-349] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Disabilities ]
Amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to provide full hospital and medical insurance benefits for a member, their spouse, and their dependents if the member becomes disabled in the line of duty with a hazardous disability; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to sick leave for members of the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [SB-4] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Pensions ]
Amend KRS 161.155 to specify that sick leave payments made to certified school employees who began participating in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) prior to January 1, 2022, and who retire from TRS on or after July 1, 2024, shall be limited to the sick leave accrued by the employee as of June 30, 2024, plus no more than 10 additional sick leave days accrued each fiscal year thereafter; provide that the 10 additional days eligible for payment shall not include personal leave, emergency leave, or other forms of non-sick leave balances; require (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer 2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/27/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to cancer detection in firefighters, and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-323] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Budget and Spending ]
Amends KRS 95A.262 to permit the Kentucky Fire Commission to establish a reimbursement program for cancer screenings for firefighters.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 142) on 04/09/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Public Employee Compensation. [HB-1908] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule. Provides that the predicted payroll schedule shall not be subject to negotiation under Chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Makes appropriations to establish six full-time equivalent positions and to cover the costs of converting to a predicted payroll schedule. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti Passed Second Reading As Amended In Hd 1 And Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin With None Voting Aye With Reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Ward Voting No (2) And Representative(s) Kila, Takayama Excused (2). on 02/13/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to postsecondary education and declaring an emergency. [HB-9] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Ethics ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influencing the composition of the student body or scholarship recipients on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from implementing a student housing assignment plan on the basis of religion, race, color, or national origin with designated exceptions; from expending any resources on (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley Floor Amendments (1), (2) And (3) Filed on 02/14/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Allows members of retirement systems who also served in the national guard or reserves to purchase retirement services credits. [HB-7254] [Military ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Veterans ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS - Allows members of retirement systems who also served in the national guard or reserves to purchase retirement services credits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Public Employee Compensation. [HB-333] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ]
Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule. Provides that the predicted payroll schedule shall be subject to negotiation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Sponsored by: Rep. Scot Z. Matayoshi Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Public Employee Compensation. [SB-1048] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-6] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Taxes ]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley Received In House on 04/12/2024

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2024 Regular Session

Establish an enhanced penalty for probationers intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste with a Unified Judicial System employee. [HB-1086] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establish an enhanced penalty for probationers intentionally causing contact with bodily fluids or human waste with a Unified Judicial System employee.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Signed By The Governor On March 05, 2024 H.j. 474 on 03/05/2024

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