Three Reform Bills

In a remarkable flurry of productive activity, the House and Senate have each passed transportation, pension and ethics reform. It looks like the Governor is going to get what he wants -- he won't have to veto the sales tax increase after all -- which may or may not be good news for the Governor. In any case, here is what we now have:

• HB 4133 - Ethics Reform (47 pages)
• SB 2079 - Pension Reform (8 pages)
• SB 2087 - Transportation Reform (175 pages)

In the succeeding weeks, we will look in a little more detail at what these bills actually do. In the meantime, we have to make do with the section-by-section summaries posted on the legislative home page, which have provided us with the following:

• Ethics Reform section-by-section
• Transportation Reform section-by-section (House version)