Teacher Salaries/Experience Credit/Time Restriction/Remove

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act removes the time restriction that only allowed for certain teachers or specialists who were hired after August 9, 2023, to obtain additional experience credit for purposes of salary computation. This Act would allow for teachers or specialists hired before August 9, 2023, to qualify for the same experience credit for purposes of salary computation.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Apr 3, 2025CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · Senate Education
2. Apr 15, 2025SenateAmendment SA 1 to SB 81 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3. Apr 17, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · Senate Education
4. May 13, 2025SenateAmendment SA 2 to SB 81 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
5. May 14, 2025SenateAmendment SA 1 to SB 81 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES21–0 vote
6. May 14, 2025SenateAmendment SA 2 to SB 81 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
7. May 14, 2025SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
8. May 15, 2025CommitteeAssigned to Education Committee in House · House Education
9. May 21, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 On Its Merits · House Education
10. Jun 26, 2025HousePassed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT40–0 vote
11. Sep 2, 2025GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 4 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 17 cosponsors: 13 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

• SE S. Elizabeth LockmanD Primary sponsor · District 3
• KW Kimberly WilliamsD Joint sponsor · District 19