The House received Senate messages regarding the passage of five supplemental bills. The House took up the messages and read the bills a first time. Following the suspension of constitutional rules the bills were read a second and third time and passed.

The House also agreed to amendments made by the Senate in regard to two House bills, took up the bills and passed them with the Senate amendments. The bills were: House Bill 104, which would require notice to the Governor, Secretary of the Department of Administration and the Legislature upon commencement of actions on behalf of the state, and House Bill 101, which relates to the Teachers Pension merger. These bills have all completed legislative action.

The House has adjourned Sine Die.

The House of Delegates quickly got to work in the First Special Session of 2008, passing 4 bills including the Teachers’ Pension merger bill.

House Bill 101 would provide for the voluntary transfer of assets from the Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System (“TDC”) to the State Teachers Retirement System (“TRS”).

Three other bills were passed which included: House Bill 102, which would establish boards of governors for independent community and technical colleges; House Bill 103, which would provide a one-time bonus payment to certain annuitants of the Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System; and House Bill 104, which would require notice to the Governor, Secretary of the Department of Administration and the Legislature upon commencement of actions on behalf of the state. All of these bill now go to the Senate for its consideration.

The House is in recess until 6:30 p.m.