Bills › 91st General Assembly
Concerning county budgets including employee contracts
Sponsored by Rep. Dean Fisher (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Counties must include the money needed for employee contracts in their yearly budget plans. This means any pay raises for these workers can only happen if the money is already listed in the official budget. These raises cannot start until the new budget year begins.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires a county to include moneys dedicated to county employee contracts negotiated under Code chapter 20 in its proposed expenditures for the annual budget. The bill specifies that a county shall only authorize raises for county employees subject to contracts negotiated under Code chapter 20 when such raises are accounted for in the certified budget. Authorized raises shall not take effect until on or after the first day of the fiscal year for which the budget is certified.