STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE - Apr 20, 2021

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE · April 20, 2021

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SB 693: Sponsor introduces EBD governance change

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Senator Jimmy Hickey introduced Senate Bill 693 to remove the Employee Benefits Division (EBD) governing board and temporarily place oversight with the State Board of Finance, citing a budget shortfall in the teacher and state-employee insurance plans (previously $43 million infusion in 2014; current shortfall described as 'about $100 million' and broken down later as roughly $27,000,000 for state employees and $63,000,000 for public school employees for calendar year 2022). He framed the bill as a short-term governance fix followed by summer stakeholder work to create a new long-term board.

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State Senate Governmental Affairs committee heard more than a dozen bills including changes to employee-benefits governance, tree maintenance/property-rights limits, several election-related measures and a high-profile Unify Arkansas commission bill; several measures passed by voice vote while others failed or were deferred after extended public testimony.

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