Video & Transcript Research : 'COLA'
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (9-26-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwgk2IwaU9o, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:16
Deferred Compensation Authority Update/Housekeeping Proposal: 00:01:38
KPPA COLA Discussion: 00:25:36
Update on Restricted Financial Institutions/Energy Boycott List: 00:52:31
Questions Regarding Humana Medicare Eligible Issues: 01:03:00
Adjournment: 01:11:28, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16
State Government Finance and Policy
Bills:
HF4074
Keywords:
retirement, pension, public employees, MSRS, PERA, TRA, St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, police and fire, correctional employees, probation officers, telecommunicators, dispatchers, 911 operators, public safety answering point, PSAP, firefighters, volunteer firefighters, paid on-call firefighters, fire relief association, state aid
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Patrol's portion of the half that they had in the $80 million appropriation, they chose to move their COLA
- And the police and fire chose to move up the time frame for the delay in their COLA by one year, which
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Keywords:
pension, retirement, omnibus pension, MSRS, PERA, TRA, public employees retirement, state employees retirement, correctional employees, police and fire retirement, State Patrol retirement, teachers retirement, firefighter relief association, volunteer firefighter, state aid, postretirement adjustment, COLA, annuity, disability benefit, duty disability
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 25th, 2026
State Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB213, Calhoun County, board of registrars, registrar compensation, county commission, local legislation, election administration, county general fund, expense allowance, officeholder compensation, public officials pay, county election officials, Alabama Code 45-8-110, Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions REVISED: HB1182 - Removed Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- Unless we pass something later to do a COLA or something.
- House Bill 2193 is a COLA for state retirement systems.
- It's modeled after the last COLA that they received.
- House Bill 2193 is a COLA for state retirement systems.
- And so they've gotten two or three COLAs. Opt in to Plan B.
Bills:
HB1784, HB1245, HB1268, HB2116, HB2193, HB2206, HB1739, HB1889, HB1904, HB3172, HB4225, HB4352, HB3625, HB4263
Keywords:
education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, retirement, pension, public employees, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, benefits, survivorship, contribution rates, disability retirement, deferred option plan, service credit, contributions, distributions, HB2116, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, OLERS
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 21st, 2026
State Government
Keywords:
Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher, Tier I, Tier II, public pension, pension reform, education employees, retirement system, sick leave, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, beneficiary, lump-sum payout, rollover, service retirement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there any sort of COLA increase for our staff?
- House File 2456 is legislation repealing the COLA-based adjustment for child support orders.
- order to adjust them if need be, and currently Minnesota is one of only four states that does this COLA
- They will take a closer look at each family's financial situation and Rather than just an automatic COLA
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then with, I guess I'll just come out and ask: is there any sort of COLA increase for our staff?
- He said House File 2456 is legislation repealing the COLA-based adjustment for child support orders.
- years in order to adjust them if need be, and Minnesota is one of only four states that does this COLA
- thorough and will take a closer look at each family's financial situation rather than just an automatic COLA
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Feb 10th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
Keywords:
credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, pecuniary factors, nonpecuniary factors, ESG, environmental social governance, social goals
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and number two is in the original bill, what you have is allowing the COLA... ...what you have is
- allowing the COLA basically to go through and approved through AOC.
Keywords:
SSUT, simplified sellers use tax, sales tax distribution, municipal revenue, municipal population, annexation, deannexation, incorporation, boundary change, federal census, decennial census, Department of Revenue, local government finance, revenue sharing, municipal boundaries, population recalculation, probate judge, Boundary and Annexation Survey, Alabama municipalities, HB158
LA
Bills:
HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB416, HB482, HB610, HB749, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB979, HB992, HB1193
Keywords:
survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, phased retirement, Teachers Retirement System, faculty retention, administrative fees, public postsecondary education, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, judicial salaries, judges, judiciary compensation, cost of living adjustment, COLA
LA
Bills:
HB29, HB39, HB77, HB153, HB183, HB211, HB263, HB299, HB324, HB519, HB520, HB533, HB538, HB559, HB562, HB805, HB823, HB1004, HB1011, HB1018
Keywords:
insurance fund, retired employees, Ascension Parish, court clerks, premium costs, investment advisory board, HB 39, Act 283, peace officer, law enforcement officer, police certification, citizenship requirement, U.S. citizen, United States citizen, naturalization, lawful permanent resident, green card holder, immigration, public safety, law enforcement hiring
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- The automatic cost of living adjustment (COLA) for maintenance and child support orders in Minnesota
- least every three years of all maintenance and child support orders, and so this We've been doing the COLA
- the COLA way for many decades, and we believe moving to a three-year cycle, along with a closer look
- families may not be able to, you know, endure financially, or maybe they're making more than what the COLA
Bills:
HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 2
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Bills:
HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 1
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been doing the COLA way for many, many decades, and we believe moving to a three-year cycle and
- We've been doing the COLA way for many, many decades, and we believe moving to a three-year cycle and
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good
Bills:
HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Oct 8th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The first main type is an automatic COLA. This is the type of COLA that PARA has.
- This is an addition to their COLA, so we're not freezing the COLA.
- COLA?
- a compounding COLA and a non-compounding COLA.
- COLA again.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jun 16th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , lack of a COLA, in Plan 1.
- , lack of a COLA, in Plan 1.
- about a permanent COLA, full-time COLA, that we forgot to give them a COLA for the first year.
- Members who need a COLA.
- We're going to make a recommendation to the Legislature for a COLA for next year, an ad hoc COLA.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jun 16th, 2026
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , the lack of a COLA, in Plan 1.
- about a permanent COLA, full-time COLA, that we forgot to give them a COLA for the first year.
- Members who need a COLA.
- And so I think the ad hoc COLA seems like we may... The COLA seems like we may...
- Let's get that ad hoc COLA bill. Let's get that out, ad hoc COLA bill.
Summary:
The executive committee approved the May minutes by roll call vote, then received an actuarial update from Sarah Baker of the State Actuary’s Office. Baker explained the office’s annual work, including the DRS pension actuarial evaluation, support for state financial reporting, cash flow analysis, a six-year pension contribution outlook, interim support for GIT and WAL CARES, and an upcoming actuarial evaluation of the volunteer firefighters pension plan. She also responded to questions about bills allowing members to transfer into PERS, noting that such transfers have historically increased PERS costs and that any added cost would be borne by PERS members and employers depending on bill structure and affected demographics.
Kate Adams of the Attorney General’s office reported no new developments in the cases the committee is monitoring. She said the Dawson case is still in its early stages, with a judge assigned and a discovery plan due at the end of July. The committee asked for continued updates on that litigation.
The committee then discussed interim work planning, focusing first on animal control officers’ eligibility for PERS and asking staff to continue researching definitions, comparable treatment in nearby states, and the cost and service-credit implications for affected employees. Members also discussed Plan 3 issues, including comparisons of Plan 2 and Plan 3 membership and data, and possible future briefing topics. The largest discussion centered on Plan 1 COLAs: members and retiree representatives debated whether to pursue a permanent COLA or an ad hoc COLA, and whether budget language should require future budget writers to consider a COLA. Retiree groups said they preferred a permanent COLA but were open to further discussion; staff was asked to continue work on possible language and policy options.
The committee reviewed correspondence on four topics: Plan 1 COLA requests, a request to study LEOFF 2-style medical reimbursements for Washington State Patrol survivors, and a request to allow certain members to change survivor option elections after the federal Social Security Fairness Act. The committee agreed to bring the State Patrol medical reimbursement issue and the Social Security Fairness Act issue back for July, with staff to gather more information and provide an informational briefing. The July agenda was approved and includes the OSA annual update, the LEOFF 2 Board annual update, a PERS/TRS Plan 1 ad hoc COLA item, and the two survivor-related topics.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So the COLAs that... when you got COLAs here on the lower end, those really aren't COLAs; like we didn't
- What the blue represents is the active COLAs, and the red is the retiree COLAs.
- COLAs.
- COLAs that were not funded.
- So you made the point earlier that we're not set up to have COLAs as funded COLAs.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 26 Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
HB2936, children, child protection, adoption, Oklahoma Adoption Code, gestational carrier, gestational agreement, surrogacy, intended parent, preplacement home study, home study, prospective adoptive parent, foster placement, child abuse, child neglect, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, lewd molestation, sex offender registry, Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act