House Rules calendar includes portable benefits proposal
RALEIGH — A proposal to create a voluntary portable benefits framework is listed on Tuesday’s House Rules Committee calendar as lawmakers continue work on labor and workforce-related legislation.
House Bill 1083, titled the “Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act,” is listed for the House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Legislative Building Auditorium.
The bill page describes the measure as a public bill with appropriations and local appropriations. The bill text has changed since filing. The listed statutes include Chapter 66 and sections related to individual income tax deductions and portable benefits provisions.
The bill’s listed keywords include appropriations, budgeting, employment, financial services, health services, insurance, health insurance, Labor Department, personnel, tax exemptions, taxation and individual income taxes.
The bill is sponsored by Reps. Neal Jackson Reeder, Allen Chesser, Donnie Harrison Rhyne and Charles Smith Schietzelt as primary sponsors, with additional sponsors listed on the bill page.
The latest action listed on the bill page occurred June 11, when the bill was re-referred to the House Rules Committee. The same bill history shows the measure previously moved through Commerce and Economic Development and Finance before being sent to Rules.
The House Rules agenda for Tuesday also includes several other bills, including Senate Bill 648, “Winter Sports Safety and Accidents,” Senate Bill 876, “Various Local Provisions X,” Senate Bill 528, “Health and Human Services Revisions,” House Bill 1038, “At-Large Elections/Jacksonville City Council,” and House Bill 958, “Election Law Changes,” which the chair anticipated adding.
Because House Bill 1083 remains in committee, additional legislative action would be required before the proposal could move forward.
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