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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full Senate heard SB 162 when the bill was on Special Order on February 8, 2018. It was not amended on the floor. The Senate will vote on the bill the next time they are in Session which is Wednesday, February 14th. Starting January 1, 2019, the bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1412 makes the salary of a Judge of Compensation Claim (JCC) equal to the salary of a county court judge with the Deputy Chief JCC making $1,000 more than a county court judge. The bill unanimously passed its second Senate committee on February 8, 2018 and has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Speaker Corcoran’s priority legislation creating a uniform law to protect the confidentiality of trade secret information provided to state agencies and to set a uniform process for all agencies to use when a public records request is received for that information passed its last House committee on February 8,…