Legislator salary restrictions.

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Legislator Salary Restrictions

The bill stops legislators from getting paid twice for the same work period if they are also public employees.

What This Bill Does

• It adds a new rule that says legislators who have other jobs as public workers cannot get paid by both their legislator job and their other job at the same time.
• Legislators can still earn benefits from their other jobs, but not extra money if they are already getting paid for being a legislator.
• The bill allows exceptions if the public employee wages were earned through using vacation or sick leave during legislative work periods.

Who It Names or Affects

• It affects legislators who also have jobs as public employees in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Public Employee

A person working for the government, excluding those whose only public employment status comes from being a legislator.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if legislators do not use their vacation or sick leave during legislative work periods.
• It is unclear how this law will be enforced and monitored to ensure compliance.
• This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not move forward in the current session.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0469
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0469
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0077

Legislator salary restrictions.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) James, Bouchard, French, McKeown and Salazar and Representative(s) Bear, Burt, Fortner, Laursen, Ottman, Rodriguez-Williams and Wharff

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; prohibiting payment of wages to public employees who are receiving salary as a legislator; 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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101 by creating a new subsection (g) is amended to read:

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101.

Schedule of compensation, per diem and travel expenses.

(g)

A member of the legislature who is also a public employee shall not receive payment of wages as a public employee during any period for which the member receives salary for a legislative working day or for a committee work day as provided in paragraph (e)(ii) of this section. This subsection shall not prohibit the accrual of other benefits resulting from employment as a public employee. This subsection shall not apply to the extent that the member's public employee wages were earned through the use of accrued annual leave or other compensatory leave during the same time period. As used in this subsection, "public employee" means as defined in W.S. 1
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103(a)(iv) except for any person who is only considered a public employee because the person is a member of the legislature.

Section 2
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This act is effective January 1, 2025
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