This evening, the Senate passed 16 bills, including House Bill 3145. which would provide a one-time bonus to certain annuitants of the Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System. This bill now goes back to the House for its further consideration.
Three of those bills were on second reading, and the Senate suspended the constitutional rule requiring a bill be read on three separate days in order to vote on them. Two other bills on second reading, Senate Bill350 and Senate Bill 539 were advanced to third reading.
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Health and Human Resources – 1 p.m. – 451M
Banking and Insurance – 2 p.m. – 208W
Education – 2 p.m. – 451M
Finance – 3 p.m. – 451M
Judiciary – 3 p.m. – 208W
The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.