Worker's compensation-legislators.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide comprehensive details about the changes in definitions for other public officials or their exclusion from regular employee classifications.

Worker's Compensation for Legislators

This law allows members of the Wyoming Legislature to have worker's compensation coverage while performing official duties or traveling related to those duties, starting from January 2, 2023.

What This Bill Does

• Adds worker's compensation coverage for legislators who are engaged in an activity or traveling to/from such activities as part of their job.
• Defines 'member of the legislature' as someone elected or appointed and serving until they leave office according to rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the Wyoming Legislature
• Governmental entities providing worker's compensation

Terms To Know

Employee

A person working under a contract or agreement, including legally employed minors and authorized aliens.

Member of the legislature

An elected or appointed official serving in the Wyoming Legislature from when their term starts until they leave office according to rules.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only covers legislators while performing official duties and traveling for those duties.
• Coverage begins on January 2, 2023.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0533
Bill No.:

HB0137

Effective:

1/2/2023 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0533

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0054

Chapter No.:

156

Prime Sponsor:

Management Council

Catch Title:

Worker's compensation-legislators.

Subject:

Worker's Compensation coverage for legislators.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under existing law, as elected officials, members of the Wyoming Legislature are not covered by the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act.

The act authorizes Worker's Compensation coverage for members of the Legislature while engaged in an activity or traveling to or from an activity in the member's official capacity. The coverage will not begin until after January 2, 2023.

Comments:

Has a delayed effective date.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0533

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0137

ENROLLED ACT NO. 54,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to worker's compensation; providing for worker's compensation coverage for legislators; amending and creating definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 27
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102(a)(vii)(N) and by creating a new paragraph (xxxi) and 27
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108(d) by creating a new paragraph (xix) are amended to read:

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102.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(vii)

"Employee" means any person engaged in any extrahazardous employment under any appointment, contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, and includes legally employed minors, aliens authorized to work by the United States department of justice, office of citizenship and immigration services, and aliens whom the employer reasonably believes, at the date of hire and the date of injury based upon documentation in the employer's possession, to be authorized to work by the United States department of justice, office of citizenship and immigration services. "Employee" does not include:

(N)

An elected public official or an appointed member of any governmental board or commission, except for a duly elected or appointed county officer
or a member of the legislature
;

(xxxi)

"Member of the legislature" means a duly elected or appointed member of the Wyoming legislature commencing when the member's term begins if elected or upon being sworn into office if appointed and until such time as the member's seat is vacated as provided in W.S. 22
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101 or the member's term ends.

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108.

Extrahazardous industries, employments, occupations; enumeration; definitions; optional coverage.

(d)

This act applies to governmental entities engaged in an industrial classification listed under subsection (a) of this section and to employees of governmental entities engaged in or employed as the following:

(xix)

A member of the legislature while engaged in an activity or traveling to or from an activity in the member's official capacity as a member of the legislature.

Section 2
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This act is effective January 2, 2023
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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