News from Santa Fe for Jan. 25

Call it ERB boot camp. Leg­is­la­tors on the House and Sen­ate edu­ca­tion com­mit­tees got a com­pre­hen­sive brief­ing on edu­ca­tion pen­sions and sol­vency issues at this morning’s joint ses­sion. What we didnt hear was debate on any of the pen­sion sol­vency pro­pos­als. That will occur when the bills come up in their respec­tive committees.

HB 64, made it through House Labor yes­ter­day after­noon on a 5–4 vote. It will next be heard in House Edu­ca­tion. SB115 has yet to be sced­uled for its first hear­ing in Sen­ate Edu­ca­tion. We’ll keep you apprised of when that happens.

The House has sched­uled a floor ses­sion this morn­ing. The Sen­ate is recessed til Monday.

Susan McK­in­sey, Office of Gov­ern­ment and Com­mu­nity Relations