State employees-salary suspension public health emergency.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on how long the salary suspension would last or what happens after the emergency ends, leaving this information uncertain.

Suspension of High-Salary State Employee Pay During Public Health Emergencies

The bill proposes to suspend the salaries of state employees earning $100,000 or more during a declared public health emergency, except for the state epidemiologist and state health officer.

What This Bill Does

• Suspends pay for state employees with an annual salary of at least $100,000 during a statewide public health emergency.
• Exempts the state epidemiologist and state health officer from having their salaries suspended.

Who It Names or Affects

• State employees with annual salaries of $100,000 or more during a declared public health emergency.
• The state epidemiologist and state health officer who are exempt from salary suspension.

Terms To Know

Public Health Emergency

A situation where the spread of disease poses a significant threat to the population, as defined by Wyoming law.

State Epidemiologist and State Health Officer

Key officials responsible for managing public health issues in the state.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass during its session.
• It does not specify how long the salary suspension would last or what happens after the emergency ends.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0550
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0550
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0202

State employees-salary suspension public health emergency.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Styvar, Burt, Fortner and Haroldson and Senator(s) James

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to administration of the government; suspending specified employees without pay during a declared public health emergency; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

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Salaries; amount; date of payment.

(g)

During any period of declared statewide public health emergency under W.S.
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112(c), in an effort to incentivize state health regulators and leaders to find an expedient resolution to the health emergency for the benefit of the private sector,
every state employee with an annual salary of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or more shall have their pay suspended without reimbursement for the duration of the emergency. This subsection shall not include the state epidemiologist or the state health officer who will need to be available to declare an end to the public health emergency.

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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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