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HB 985: Deferred Compensation Plans for Public Employees

GENERAL BILL by Porras

Deferred Compensation Plans for Public Employees; Authorizes that certain employees' payable compensation be deducted & contributed to deferred compensation plan through automatic enrollment arrangement unless employee makes certain election; requires that automatic enrollment arrangement be established with default contribution rate; authorizes periodic reenrollment of specified government employees; authorizes periodic resetting of contribution rates for specified government employees; requires that automatic enrollment arrangement provide employees ability to make certain elections regarding contributions; requires that plan provide for default investment into which contributions must be placed under specified circumstance; authorizes counties, municipalities, political subdivisions, & constitutional county officers to adopt automatic enrollment arrangements for specified deferred compensation programs; provides that deferred compensation plan may only include automatic enrollment arrangement upon approval of Legislature; authorizes that certain automatic deferrals be made by payroll deduction; requires that certain deduction of wages or salary of employees be treated in specified manner.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/24/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/24/2025 House • Filed

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  • HB 985, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/24/2025 at 3:56 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1068 Deferred Compensation Plans for Public Employees Rodriguez Similar Last Action: 2/24/2025 S Filed

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.114 Employee wage deductions. Page 4 (pdf)
    112.171 Employee wage deductions. Page 5 (pdf)
    112.215 Government employees; deferred compensation program. Page 2 (pdf)

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