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The weekend has featured stops and starts and stops in committee while the Skandera confirmation hearing dominated all. Let's see if things get back on track this week. Lottery solvency fixes can be found in committee and on the floor. UNM's new Regents ...

The much-anticipated hearing of ERB solvency in Senate Finance didn't happen yesterday. We'll keep you posted.The House at 10 a.m., while the Senate reconvenes at 11 a.m.HOUSE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION1. HOUSE BILL 50. AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER ...

The House is due back on the floor at 10 a.m. with the Senate following at 10:30 a.m. or thereabouts.HOUSE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION3. HOUSE BILL 53. AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION; ENACTING THE TEACHER LOAN REPAYMENTACT; CREATING THE TEACHER LOAN ...

The House has just passed the ERB solvency bill on a vote of 50 - 17. There were no attempts to amend the legislation on the floor. This is the bill that raises employee contributions and sets a minimum retirement age along with COLA eligibility changes ...

Solvency plans are back on the front burner. Last night, Senate Finance gave a do pass to the PERA solvency plan that now features an employer contribution increase of .4 percent rather than 1.5 percent. Significantly, the PERA plan only achieves 90 ...

Senate Finance did not take up any of the retirement bills this afternoon. The committee is scheduled to look at PERA solvency at 10 a.m. in the morning. The House has HB 64, ERB solvency, on its temporary calendar.Meanwhile, Sen. Michael Sanchez ...

Both houses are scheduled back on the floor at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The afternoon's action will concentrate in Senate Finance with the start of budget talks and decisions (one hopes) on both pension solvency plans. SENATE THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION:(2) ...

House Appropriations pulled HB 64, ERB solvency, off the table and gave it a do pass with no debate or fanfare this afternoon. It now goes to the floor. Though the agenda for Monday is not yet out, it is believed SB 115, also ERB solvency, will be heard ...

The House passed the state budget this afternoon after long and spirited debate. The budget now goes to the Senate. Meanwhile, the work on other bills continues:The House will convene at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22.THIRD READING OF LEGISLATION2. HOUSE ...

This afternoon House Appropriations and Finance temporarily tabled HB 64, the ERB solvency bill, giving members time to work out funding issues. This came after the committee voted down a proposed amendment to change the COLA. However a Do Pass motion ...