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Legislature in full swing
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The third week of the 2018 Session of the General Assembly ended as the volume of legislation being introduced increased and work began in earnest on the Amended Budget. Floor activity is normally slow until standing committees began to pass out bills left from the 2017 Session and to consider legislation introduced this Session. Passed the Senate SB 194 — Increases the maximum amount of disposable earnings subject to garnishment by $0.50, while clarifying the amount for earnings in periods not equal to a week.