AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; authorizing payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees; and providing for an effective date.
Labor
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2023-02-27
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2023
Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary and text do not specify a repayment requirement or a specific timeframe for residency.
State Employee Moving Expenses
This law allows state agencies to pay moving expenses for officers and employees who are transferred within Wyoming or recruited from outside the state.
What This Bill Does
Allows state agencies to cover the actual costs of moving household items when an officer or employee is required to move as a requirement of employment and for the benefit of the state of Wyoming.
Gives agency heads discretion to pay up to an unspecified amount allowed by the department of administration and information, for partial moving expenses if someone moves because they were recruited by the agency.
Who It Names or Affects
State officers and employees who are transferred within Wyoming or recruited from outside the state.
Terms To Know
Employing agency
The government department that hires a person for a job.
Recruitment efforts
Actions taken by an agency to find and hire new employees.
Limits and Unknowns
Does not specify the exact amount allowed for partial moving expenses.
Only applies to state officers and employees, not private sector workers.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to allow state officers and employees to receive moving expense payments rather than making it mandatory, and removes a specific line from the original text.
Changes 'Shall' to 'May' in the first part of the bill, allowing instead of requiring payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees.
Removes an entire line from the second page of the bill.
The amendment deletes a specific line but does not provide context about what was deleted, making it unclear what information or requirement is being removed.
Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to allow state officers and employees to receive moving expense payments instead of requiring it, removes a specific line from the original text, and sets a maximum payment amount.
Changes 'Shall' to 'May', allowing rather than mandating the payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees.
Removes an entire line from the bill's text at page 2-line 12.
Sets a maximum payment limit of $5,000.00 for moving expenses.
The removed line at page 2-line 12 is not provided in the amendment text, so its content and impact are unclear.
Plain English: The amendment removes existing language about moving expenses and replaces it with new rules allowing state agencies to pay up to one month's salary per month the position was vacant, for actual or partial transportation costs of a newly hired employee’s household goods.
Removes all previous text related to moving expense payments on page 2, line 15 and onwards.
Inserts new language allowing employing agencies to pay up to one month's salary per month the position was vacant for actual or partial transportation costs of a newly hired employee’s household goods.
The exact details on how these payments will be calculated and managed are not provided in the amendment text.
Plain English: The amendment adds a requirement for state officers or employees to repay moving expenses if they do not stay in Wyoming and continue working for their agency for at least two years after receiving the expenses.
Adds a repayment clause for state officers or employees who receive moving expense payments but fail to maintain residency in Wyoming and employment with their agency for two years.
The amendment text does not specify how much of the moving expenses must be repaid, leaving this detail unclear.
Plain English: The amendment changes a section of the bill about state employee moving expenses by inserting specific words and deleting others, limiting who can receive these benefits.
Adds the word 'the' after 'allowed by' in line 13 on page 2.
Removes the word 'rules' in line 14 on page 2.
Inserts a new sentence after line 18 on page 2, stating that the paragraph applies only to employees of the department of transportation.
The amendment limits the application of moving expense benefits to employees of the department of transportation, which may not be clear without additional context about the original bill's provisions.
Standing Committee • Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affai
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to specify a single effective date of July 1, 2023, and removes several sections related to moving expenses for state officers and employees.
Changes 'effective dates' to 'an effective date'.
Removes lines that mention specific information about moving expenses.
Deletes the entire section on page 4 and replaces it with a new effective date of July 1, 2023.
The amendment does not provide details about what was removed from pages 1 to 3, which limits understanding of the full impact of these changes.
Bill History
2023-02-27LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 103
2023-02-27Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0048
2023-02-22House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0048
2023-02-22Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0048
2023-02-21LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0048
2023-02-21Senate
S Concur:Passed 16-13-2-0-0
2023-02-21Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2023-02-21House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 33-29-0-0-0
2023-02-17House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2023-02-16House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-02-15House
H COW:Passed
2023-02-14House
H Placed on General File
2023-02-14House
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2023-02-09House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
2023-01-17House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-16Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-9-0-0-0
2023-01-13Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-12Senate
S COW:Passed
2023-01-12Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-01-12Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2023-01-10Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2022-12-28Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-12-01LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 23LSO-0014
Bill No.:
SF0016
Effective:
7/1/2023
LSO No.:
23LSO-0014
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0048
Chapter No.:
103
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
Catch Title:
State employee-moving expenses.
Subject:
Authorizing state agencies to pay moving expenses for specified state officers, employees and new hires.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act specifies that an employing state agency shall pay the moving expenses of any state officer or employee required to transfer for the benefit of the state and may pay the moving expenses of
a state officer, employee or new hire whose respective transfer or employment results from the agency's recruitment efforts.
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
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23LSO-0014
ORIGINAL Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0016
ENROLLED ACT NO. 48,
SENATE
SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; authorizing payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 9
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104(a) is amended to read:
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104.
Moving expenses.
(a)
When any state officer or employee is transferred
from one (1) official station to another within the state of Wyoming for permanent duty,
when the transfer is made at the request of and for the benefit of
or when a person is recruited for permanent duty within
the state of Wyoming, the employing agency
:
(i)
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hall pay the actual expenses of transporting the household goods and effects of the officer or employee
for a transfer of employment when the transfer is made as a requirement of employment and for the benefit of the state of Wyoming;
(ii)
May pay an amount at the discretion of the administrative head of the employing agency, not to exceed the amount allowed by the department of administration and information, for the actual expenses or a portion of the actual expenses of transporting the household goods and effects of a person for a transfer of employment or new hire resulting from the employing agency's recruitment of the person for the position
.
Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2023.
(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
Chief Clerk
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