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Senate says no to House amendment on DCS caseload bill
On Monday 2/12/18 the Senate voted to not concur with the House amendment placed last week on SB1168. To view their vote, follow this link: https://goo.gl/gZ5Pzi The Senate passed SB1168 last [&hellip
Read More »Senate passes Contract Accountability bill with unanimous vote
Today, (2/15/18), the Senate passed an amended version of SB1047, the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act. We appreciate all the hard work Sen. Janice Bowling, Rep. Tilman Goins, Sen. [&hellip
Read More »House Finance Subcommittee passes Contract Accountability Bill
Earlier today (2/14/18) the House Finance Ways & Means Subcommittee passed an amended version of HB944, now known as the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act. There was no [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 2-9-18
The fourth and fifth weeks of the 2nd session of the 110th General Assembly provided positive movement for our association. TSEA was able to secure sponsors for all of our [&hellip
Read More »Senate State and Local Gov Committee passes Contract Accountability Bill
Earlier this week (2/6/18) the Senate State and Local Government Committee passed an amended version of SB1047, now known as the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act. To view [&hellip
Read More »Bill to increase the Employee Suggestion Award passes House State Gov. Sub
Yesterday (2/7/18) HB1788 was amended and passed by the House State Gov. Subcommittee. HB1788/SB1919 is sponsored by Rep. Martin Daniel and Sen. Steven Dickerson and is part of TSEA’s 2018 [&hellip
Read More »Bill limiting DCS caseloads passes House
The House during this morning’s floor session (2/7/2018), after substituting and conforming to the Senate version of the bill, unanimously passed an amended version of SB1168. This bill as amended [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 1-26-18
Just shy of three weeks into the legislative session, activity is still relatively quiet concerning issues by the administration or others which affect active and retired state employees. TSEA has [&hellip
Read More »Contract accountability bill on calendar for Jan 31
UPDATE: HB944 was rolled one week, It is now scheduled to be heard on Jan. 31. — After a year of debate and discussion, including two summer study sessions, our [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for December
The state has announced total tax revenues for December 2017 were $1.4 billion, which is $171.6 million more than this year’s budgeted estimate and $139.9 million more than December 2016. The [&hellip
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