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	<YEAR>2026</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>PERS; allow Tier 5 members to receive 3% COLA, but not to exceed $15,000.00 in any single year.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-112, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI WHO BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 2026, SHALL RECEIVE A 3% COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT, EXCEPT THAT SUCH AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED $15,000.00 IN ANY YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT, EVERY THREE YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE MAY EVALUATE WHETHER THIS MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT SHALL BE RAISED DUE TO THE RATE OF INFLATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>02/03/26 at 19:05</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>S</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>2903</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>Senate Bill 2903</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>SB 2903</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>S</OWNER>
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	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>March 1, 2026</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<SENATE>
			<S_NAME>Finance</S_NAME>
			<S_INCMTE>T</S_INCMTE>
			<S_LINK>../../Senate_cmtes/FI.xml</S_LINK>
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	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Barnett</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../Senate_authors/Barnett.xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>025-0011-0112</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/025/00110112.xml</SECTIONLINK>
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	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/19 (S) Referred To Finance</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/03 (S) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
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		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2026/dt/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF_DT>
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			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2026/dt/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF_DT>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2903IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
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		<FISCALNOTE>
			<FISCALNOTEFLAG>N</FISCALNOTEFLAG>
			<FISCALNOTEPATH>../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2903.pdf</FISCALNOTEPATH>
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