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HB0227 • 2020
Per diem rates-2.
AN ACT relating to per diem rates; increasing the statutory per diem rate for specified legislative activities; increasing per diem rates that are based upon the legislative rate; providing for adjustment of the per diem rate; providing applicability; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
Budget
Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Representative Greear
- Last action
- 2020-03-11
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2020
Plain English Breakdown
The bill did not pass, so the proposed changes and funding are not in effect.
Increasing Per Diem Rates for Legislators and Related Entities
The bill proposes to increase the per diem rate for legislators during regular sessions from $151.00 to $109.00, adjust these rates annually based on federal standards, and provide funding of $150,000 from the general fund.
What This Bill Does
- Increases the daily per diem rate for legislators during regular sessions from $151.00 to $109.00.
- Adjusts the per diem rate each year by July 1 based on federal standards, except for specific exceptions.
- Provides funding of $150,000 from the general fund to cover increased per diem rates for legislators.
Who It Names or Affects
- Legislators and members of state boards, commissions, councils, authorities, or other state entities whose per diem is based on the legislative rate.
Terms To Know
- Per Diem
- A daily allowance for expenses such as meals and lodging when traveling for work.
- Legislative Rate
- The standard per diem rate set by the state legislature for legislators and related entities.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill did not pass in its session.
- Funding is only provided until June 30, 2022.
- Specific exceptions apply to certain non-legislator per diem rates.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes the per diem rate for legislators who live close to the Wyoming Capitol during general and budget sessions.
- Changes 'increasing' to 'amending' in the bill's title.
- Adds a new rule that sets the daily per diem rate at $54.50 for legislators whose homes are within 25 miles of the Wyoming Capitol during general or budget sessions.
- The amendment does not specify how this change will affect other parts of the bill or existing legislation.
HB0227HW001
Committee of the Whole • Representative Eyre
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill to specify certain legislative activities for per diem rates, add applicability provisions, adjust dollar amounts and references in the text, and insert a new paragraph regarding specific daily rates during sessions.
- Adds 'specified' after 'rate for' on page 1 line 2.
- Inserts 'providing applicability;' after 'rate;' on page 1 line 4.
- Inserts a new paragraph (ii) with details about the per diem rate during general and budget sessions, excluding non-legislators whose rates are based on legislator rates.
- Adjusts the dollar amount from $500,000.00 to $150,000.00.
- The amendment text does not provide full context for all changes, so some implications are unclear without reviewing the original bill.
Plain English: The amendment adds a new provision allowing the management council to reduce per diem rates for legislators during local meetings or short-duration meetings under certain conditions.
- Adds language that permits the management council to decrease per diem payments for legislators if they attend local meetings or meetings of short duration.
- The amendment does not specify how much the reduction can be, only that it must apply equally to interim meetings and general sessions.
- It is unclear what constitutes a 'local meeting' or 'meeting of short duration'.
Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill to set a maximum per diem rate for legislative activities and specifies that reimbursement will be based on actual expenses up to this limit.
- Adds 'maximum' before the statutory per diem rate for specified legislative activities.
- Inserts language stating that reimbursement shall be based on actual expenses, not exceeding the maximum applicable per diem rate.
- Includes a new subsection (e)(v) detailing payment conditions during interim periods.
- The amendment's text is technical and may require further clarification to understand all implications fully.
Bill History
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2020-03-11
Senate
S 3rd Reading:Failed 11-17-2-0-0
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2020-03-10
Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
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2020-03-09
Senate
S COW:Passed
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2020-03-05
Senate
S Placed on General File
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2020-03-05
Senate
S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
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2020-03-02
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel
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2020-02-28
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2020-02-27
House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-14-2-0-0
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2020-02-26
House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
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2020-02-25
House
H COW:Passed
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2020-02-24
House
H Placed on General File
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2020-02-24
House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
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2020-02-24
House
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
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2020-02-24
House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
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2020-02-14
House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 41-16-3-0-0
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2020-02-12
House
H Received for Introduction
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2020-02-12
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Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
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20LSO-0587
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0587
ENGROSSED
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0227
Per diem rates-2.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Greear
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to per diem rates; increasing the statutory per diem rate for specified legislative activities; increasing per diem rates that are based upon the legislative rate; providing for adjustment of the per diem rate; providing applicability; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 28
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5
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101(b) is amended to read:
28
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5
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101.
Schedule of compensation, per diem and travel expenses.
(b)
Until such time as the amount is adjusted as provided in this subsection, t
he amount to be received by
each member of the legislature for expenses shall be
:
one hundred nine dollars ($109.00)
(i)
One hundred fifty
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one dollars ($151.00)
per day.
The amount shall be adjusted as of July 1 each year by the state auditor to an amount equal to the most recent standard per diem rate established by the United States general services administration for travel within Wyoming except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
(ii)
One hundred nine dollars ($109.00) per day during the general session and budget session. This paragraph shall not apply to the per diem rate for any person who is not a legislator whose per diem rate is established in any statute by reference to legislator per diem.
Section 2.
(a)
There is appropriated one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) from the general fund to the legislative service office for purposes of supplementing
the per diem provided to legislators as required by this act.
(b)
There is appropriated fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) from the general fund to the state auditor's office for purposes of supplementing the per diem provided to members of any state board, commission, council, authority or other state entity whose rate of per diem is based upon the amount of per diem paid to legislators and is paid from the general fund as required by this act.
(c)
For members of any state board, commission, council, authority or other state entity whose rate of per diem is based upon the amount of per diem paid to legislators and is paid from a nongeneral fund source, to the extent funds are available, there is appropriated from those accounts and funds to those entities amounts necessary to supplement the per diem provided to those members as required by this act.
(d)
The appropriations under this section shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022. The appropriations under
this section shall not be transferred or expended for any other purposes and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from the appropriations under this section shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2022.
Section 3.
This act is effective January 1, 2021.
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