Straight party-line vote to block retiree COLA

The House State Affairs Committee has now voted along party lines - with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed - to send HCR 42 to the full House with a recommendation that it “do-pass.” The measure would block the scheduled 1 percent COLA for state retirees this spring; it reverses the same committee’s decision yesterday on a 13-5 vote to kill the bill.