2011 Senate Bill 304

Require legislators to pay 20 percent of their insurance fringe benefit

Introduced in the Senate

March 24, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R-24)

To require legislators to pay at least 20 percent of the health insurance benefits they are provided while in office. Note: In addition to these benefits, former legislators who were in office for at least six years get full health coverage beginning at age 55. The Senate Fiscal Agency reports that the average "family plan" coverage of former legislators costs the state $22,000 per year.

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing