Legislative Session News Archive
Regular Session News #10: House passes trio of return-to-work bills
Apr 25, 2018
This week, the full House passed the following three bills affecting TRSL return-to-work retirees. They now head to the Senate retirement committee for consideration. HB 13 (Rep. Miller) would add presenter of professional development to the list of “re-employment eligible positions” allowing retirees to return to work and continue to receive a benefit check (after the required waiting period), subject to a 25% of annual ben...
Regular Session News #9: Military service credit bill gets nod in House retirement; what's coming up next week
Apr 20, 2018
The House retirement committee passed SB 17 by Sen. Barrow Peacock earlier this week. The bill would create consistency among state and statewide retirement systems in the application of state and federal law related to military service credit purchases. SB 17 will now be considered by the full House. Coming up next week The Senate retirement committee is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m., Monday, April 23. The following bill affecting TR...
Regular Session News #8: Senate retirement moves one investments-related bill forward
Apr 17, 2018
The Senate retirement committee met yesterday afternoon and passed the following bill related to the investments of state and statewide retirement systems: HB 34 (Rep. Pearson) would allow state and statewide retirement systems to allocate a portion of their investments to a terror-free fund rather than a terror-free index fund as currently required by law. This bill will now be considered by the full Senate. The ...
Regular Session News #7: House retirement committee moves return-to-work bills forward
Apr 13, 2018
The House retirement committee met this morning and passed the following bills affecting TRSL return-to-work retirees, which now head to the full House for consideration: HB 13 (Rep. Miller) would add presenter of professional development to the list of “re-employment eligible positions” allowing retirees to return to work and continue to receive a benefit check (after the required waiting period), subject to a 25% of annual benef...