Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

Wyoming House Bill HB0306 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025
2	2	STATE OF WYOMING
3	3	25LSO-03551HB0306
4	4	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0306
5	5	State employees-authorizing semimonthly pay periods.
6	6	Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh
7	7	A BILL
8	8	for
9	9	1 AN ACT relating to the administration of the government;
10	10	2 authorizing state employees to choose whether to be paid
11	11	3 semimonthly as specified; making conforming amendments;
12	12	4 specifying duties of the state auditor; specifying
13	13	5 applicability; and providing for effective dates.
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16	16	8
17	17	9. W.S. 9-1-402(c), 9-3-101(d), 9-3-210(a)
18	18	10 and (b), 9-3-211(a), 9-3-413 and 9-3-413.1(b)(intro) are
19	19	11 amended to read:
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23	23	15 (c) The state auditor shall be the state payroll
24	24	16 officer, shall maintain the official payroll for all state 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03552HB0306
25	25	1 agencies, excluding the University of Wyoming, and shall
26	26	2 supervise the issuance of all payroll warrants. The state
27	27	3 auditor may enter into agreement with any state agency to
28	28	4 maintain the official payroll and supervise issuance of all
29	29	5 payroll warrants for the state agency.
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37	37	13 (d) Except for
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40	40	16 officers of the University of Wyoming, state employees and
41	41	17 officers on automatic payroll direct deposit shall be paid
42	42	18 on the last working day of the month for
43	43	19 wages earned during that month
44	44	20. Hourly pay shall be paid
45	45	21 to state employees on automatic payroll direct deposit on
46	46	22 the last working day of the month for wages
47	47	23 earned the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03553HB0306
48	48	1 preceding
49	49	2. Overtime and shift
50	50	3 differential pay shall be paid to state employees on
51	51	4 automatic payroll direct deposit no later than the last
52	52	5 working day of the month
53	53	6 following the
54	54	7 overtime and shift differential pay was earned. Employees
55	55	8 and officers paid by hard copy payroll check shall have
56	56	9 payroll check mailed and post marked not later
57	57	10 than the
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68	68	21 The University of Wyoming
69	69	22 is exempt from this subsection.
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75	75	6 (a) Except for voluntary participating employers,
76	76	7 volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical
77	77	8 technicians and volunteer search and rescue persons under
78	78	9 W.S. 9-3-220, the state shall contribute monthly
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80	80	11 the amount established and appropriated by the
81	81	12 legislature for each employee and official enrolled in the
82	82	13 plan in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this
83	83	14 section.
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85	85	16 (b) Any state agency, department or institution,
86	86	17 including the University of Wyoming and the community
87	87	18 colleges in the state, shall pay monthly
88	88	19 to
89	89	20 the department the amount established and appropriated by
90	90	21 the legislature for each eligible employee or official
91	91	22 electing to become covered by any portion of the group
92	92	23 insurance plan as the contribution of the state to that 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03555HB0306
93	93	1 plan during the period the employee or official is enrolled
94	94	2 in the plan. Amounts appropriated by the legislature from
95	95	3 the general fund for University of Wyoming and community
96	96	4 college employer contributions under this section shall
97	97	5 include amounts necessary to fully fund the employer's
98	98	6 contribution for those eligible and enrolled employees
99	99	7 whose compensation is partially or fully funded from
100	100	8 nonfederal sources, but the University of Wyoming shall
101	101	9 exclude amounts necessary to fully fund the employer's
102	102	10 contribution for those eligible and enrolled employees
103	103	11 whose compensation is partially or fully funded from
104	104	12 contracts, grants and auxiliary services. If federal funds
105	105	13 are not available, the amounts necessary to fully fund the
106	106	14 employer's contribution for those eligible and enrolled
107	107	15 employees shall be included in the general fund
108	108	16 appropriation. If the monthly premium for coverage of the
109	109	17 employee or official is less than the amount established
110	110	18 and appropriated by the legislature, the balance may be
111	111	19 applied to the premium for coverage of dependents, or to
112	112	20 the premium for any optional group insurance coverage made
113	113	21 available by the department, if so elected.
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118	118	5 (a) The amount of monthly contribution
119	119	6 to be made by eligible employees and officials, excluding
120	120	7 volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical
121	121	8 technicians and volunteer search and rescue persons under
122	122	9 W.S. 9-3-220, enrolled in the group insurance plan for
123	123	10 themselves and their dependents shall be deducted from the
124	124	11 monthly salaries of the employees and
125	125	12 officials by the various agencies or voluntary
126	126	13 participating employers and remitted to the department. The
127	127	14 procedure for deductions and remittances shall be
128	128	15 established by the department, in consultation with the
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130	130	17. If a flexible benefits
131	131	18 plan is chosen, the employees' and officials' contribution
132	132	19 shall be applied to the chosen benefits in an amount
133	133	20 determined by the employee or official.
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138	138	5 Except as provided by W.S. 9-2-3207(a)(xi)(F)(III) or (IV),
139	139	6 9-3-431 and 9-3-432, each employer, excluding employers of
140	140	7 firefighter members, shall, on a monthly
141	141	8 basis
142	142	9, pay into the account a contribution equal to
143	143	10 nine and thirty-seven hundredths percent (9.37%) of the
144	144	11 salary paid to each of its members covered under this
145	145	12 article for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30,
146	146	13 2026 and thereafter a percentage of the salary paid as
147	147	14 determined in accordance with W.S. 9-3-413.1. Employers of
148	148	15 firefighter members shall pay into the account a
149	149	16 contribution equal to seven and twelve hundredths percent
150	150	17 (7.12%) of the salary paid. Employer contributions for any
151	151	18 month, together with the members' contributions for that
152	152	19 month, if any, shall be transferred to the board not later
153	153	20 than the twelfth day of the following month
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157	157	1 contributions shall be credited to the account in a manner
158	158	2 as directed by the board. Any employer failing to transfer
159	159	3 contributions under this section in sufficient time for the
160	160	4 board to receive the contributions by the twenty-fifth day
161	161	5 of the month due shall be assessed interest at the assumed
162	162	6 rate of return as determined by the board, compounded
163	163	7 annually. Interest imposed under this section shall be
164	164	8 payable not later than the twelfth day of the next
165	165	9 succeeding month. If the contributions and any interest
166	166	10 imposed under this section are not transferred to the board
167	167	11 when due, they may be recovered, together with court costs,
168	168	12 in an action brought for that purpose in the first judicial
169	169	13 district court in Laramie County, Wyoming.
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175	175	19 (b) The actuarially determined contribution rate
176	176	20 shall be paid through monthly contributions,
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178	178	22 into the account as follows:
179	179	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03559HB03061. The state auditor, the department of
180	180	2 administration and information, the Wyoming retirement
181	181	3 system, the legislative service office, the Wyoming
182	182	4 judicial branch and any other affected state agency shall
183	183	5 take any action before July 1, 2027 necessary to implement
184	184	6 this act on July 1, 2027.
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186	186	8.
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188	188	10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
189	189	11 section, this act is effective immediately upon completion
190	190	12 of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided
191	191	13 by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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193	193	15 (b) Section 1 of this act is effective July 1, 2027.
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