Public Officers And Employees
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and municipal employees. [SB-2957]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and municipal employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request on 04/11/2024
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Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and municipal employees. [HB-8149]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and municipal employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. John G. Edwards
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/07/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Creates separate and distinct employment positions and salaries under the unclassified pay plan for the board of elections employees. [HB-8107]
[Elections ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM - Creates separate and distinct employment positions and salaries under the unclassified pay plan for the board of elections employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan P. Shanley
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/09/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system. [SB-2905]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Referred To House Finance on 05/31/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers. [SB-2831]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/28/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Requires any benefit enhancements afforded under the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island or the municipal employees' retirement system to be amortized over individual five (5) year closed periods. [SB-2865]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Requires any benefit enhancements afforded under the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island or the municipal employees' retirement system to be amortized over individual five (5) year closed periods.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/23/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
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Eliminates waiting periods for acceptance response for successful candidates, requires that all qualified candidates names be sent to the hiring agency, mandates given DHS social worker tests quarterly and extends DCYF pilot hiring program for 3/15/26. [HB-8096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM -- PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION - Eliminates waiting periods for acceptance response for successful candidates, requires that all qualified candidates names be sent to the hiring agency, mandates given DHS social worker tests quarterly and extends DCYF pilot hiring program for 3/15/26.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patricia A. Serpa
Signed By Governor on 06/26/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Creates separate and distinct employment positions and salaries under the unclassified pay plan for the board of elections employees. [SB-2755]
[Elections ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM - Creates separate and distinct employment positions and salaries under the unclassified pay plan for the board of elections employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ana B. Quezada
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/14/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system. [HB-7992]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Craven
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave. [HB-8009]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGAN-DONATION LEAVE ACT - Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. John G. Edwards
Referred To Senate Labor on 06/11/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system. [SB-2600]
[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: Sen. Sandra Cano
Senate Read And Passed on 06/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to compensation of members of the General Assembly. [SB-350]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 6.190 to provide for annual salaries for members of the General Assembly; provide for annual supplements for members appointed as chair; require each member of the General Assembly to be paid on the first and fifteenth day of each month; direct that salaries and supplements be indexed to the consumer price index; amend KRS 6.211 to require expense allowances to be determined by the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.213 to grant each member of the House of Representatives a monthly expense allowance of $2,000; grant each member
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile proceedings. [SB-354]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 610.070 to require open hearings in all juvenile cases; amend KRS 620.050 to remove immunity for persons acting in good faith and upon reasonable cause in relation to reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse and participation in judicial proceedings; remove requirement of malice from the offense of false reporting; waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in order to provide a means for a person to bring an action against the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, or political subdivisions in relation to child dependency,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne E. Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to littering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-316]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish the Keep Kentucky Free of Litter fund and set up a cash awards program for the 20 peace officers with the highest conviction numbers related to littering; create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to add a fee of $100 to court costs for convictions related to littering for Circuit and District Courts amend KRS 433.753, 512.010, and 512.070 to include cigarettes within the scope of litter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary M. Boswell
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to economic development. [SB-286]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to lobbying. [SB-273]
[Ethics ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to define "lobbyist"; prohibit any program cabinet, department, division, branch, section, organizational unit, unit, office, or administrative body from employing a lobbyist.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance. [SB-261]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer that ceases participation in the state employee health insurance plan from participating in the plan in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.205 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost of in-network medical services, provide minimal essential coverage as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 5000A(f),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
Taken From Rules on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to economic development. [HB-670]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Branscum
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the board of the West End Opportunity Partnership. [SB-259]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Amends KRS 65.503, relating to the board of the West End Opportunity Partnership, to stipulate that the board has the authority to set its own procedures to determine successors, to allow more than one nominee from the institutions from which members are appointed by the Governor listed in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of the section, and to allow successor members to be appointed to the board if an institution refuses to comply with the board procedures for successor determination, in which event the institution is deemed to have forfeited its
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Received In Senate on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to municipal utilities. [SB-229]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Amends KRS 42.747 to replace the member serving on the Blockchain Technology Working Group representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing municipal utilities and designated by the Kentucky League of Cities; amends KRS 96.780 to increase from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum that a superintendent employed by an electric plant board contracting with the Tennessee Valley Authority may spend on behalf of the board without board approval; and amends KRS 224A.030 to replace the member serving on the Kentucky Infrastructure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor on 03/29/2024