Public Officers And Employees
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. [HB-586]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Amends various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to change “conservation officer” to “game warden”; amends KRS 16.065 to remove water safety enforcement from the duties of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amends KRS 150.010 to define terms; amends KRS 150.025 to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to regulate water safety enforcement; amends KRS 150.175 to establish a resident and nonresident outfitter license and change “commercial guide’s license” to “guide’s license,” and to make changes to conform with the outfitter
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Became Law Without Governor's Signature on 04/10/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Effective July 1, 2024, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters." [HB-7672]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Effective July 1, 2024, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."
Sponsored by: Rep. William W. O'Brien
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Requires letters of appointment of public officers and employees be sent to the secretary of state's office. [HB-7665]
[Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATION, AND TENURE OF OFFICERS - Requires letters of appointment of public officers and employees be sent to the secretary of state's office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren H. Carson
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property valuation administrators, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-577]
[Property Tax ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 132.590 to find and determine that property valuations administrators are officers whose jurisdiction and duties are coextensive to that of the state within the meaning of Section 246 of the Constitution; update the salary schedule; prohibit PVAs' salaries from exceeding that in the Constitution; provide that certain PVAs who did not receive an eight percent raise and who are still in office shall receive a lump-sum payment of eight percent of the sum they received for the time between the effective date of the Act and July 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/25/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bereavement leave. [HB-537]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; require all employers to grant an employee at least 10 days bereavement leave, with a minimum of three days paid, following the death, miscarriage, or stillbirth of a child, or death of a dependent or other immediate family member; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to define terms; provide state employees at least 10 days bereavement leave, with a minimum of three days paid, following the death, miscarriage, or stillbirth of a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. [HB-517]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amends KRS 6.611 to exclude from the definition of “lobbying” the action of any person whose official responsibilities do not include lobbying, who is not compensated to lobby, and who is an officer, managerial personnel, or employee with specialized knowledge assisting an entity with a direct interest in legislation on a particular issue; amends KRS 6.681 to require that the Legislative Ethics Commission provide a draft of its response to an advisory opinion or notice of its intention not to issue an opinion to a requestor five days prior to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 184) on 04/12/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provides provisions for disclaiming any such benefit. [SB-2428]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provides provisions for disclaiming any such benefit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/14/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Expands the positions that a person in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university post-retirement. [SB-2367]
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[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Expands the positions that a person in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university post-retirement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/30/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Requires appointments to the Ethics Commission obtain the advice and consent of the senate. [SB-2463]
[Ethics ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS - Requires appointments to the Ethics Commission obtain the advice and consent of the senate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joshua B. Miller
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/21/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Provides that vacancies in excess of 3% for full time equivalent state employees which are substituted with contract employees shall require an appropriation to the pension fund equal to the average annual employer contribution for each vacant position. [SB-2312]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Retirement ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides that vacancies in excess of 3% for full time equivalent state employees which are substituted with contract employees shall require an appropriation to the pension fund equal to the average annual employer contribution for each vacant position.
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
Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualifies as veterans to purchase retirement service credits. [SB-2329]
[Veterans ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Military ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS - Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualifies as veterans to purchase retirement service credits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Walter S. Felag
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/09/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Effective July 1, 2024, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters." [SB-2325]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Effective July 1, 2024, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/23/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Senate confirmation of appointees. [HB-501]
[Ethics ]
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to require Senate confirmation in accordance with KRS 11.160 for all appointments or reappointments made by the Governor to boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron B. Dossett
Introduced In House on 02/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. [HB-482]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 15.315 to add the chief of police of the Owensboro Police Department and the director of the Northern Kentucky Police and Sheriff's Training Center to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to designating a special needs trust to receive state-administered retirement benefits. [SB-175]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Pensions ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "special needs trust" (SNT) for purposes of the State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and County Employees Retirement System; amend the definition of "person" to include a SNT, and amend the definition of "beneficiary" to exclude sole beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 16.578 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit; amend KRS 61.623 to allow a trustee to receive checks on behalf of a SNT; amend KRS 61.635 to allow a person who is the beneficiary of a SNT
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/07/2024
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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. [HB-7499]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
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: Rep. Arthur J. Corvese
Introduced, Referred To House Finance on 02/02/2024
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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. [HB-7481]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
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: Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/25/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect. [HB-7459]
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[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGANIZATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES - Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect.
Sponsored by: Rep. William W. O'Brien
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/03/2024
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provides provisions for disclaiming any such benefit. [HB-7409]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides that any benefit that a beneficiary is entitled to shall be exempt from lien, attachment or garnishment and would not be transferable or assignable and provides provisions for disclaiming any such benefit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jacquelyn M. Baginski
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/12/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools. [HB-1205]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Scheduled For Hearing J.j. 1 on 03/07/2024