H.B. No. 0052

Workers' compensation-amendments.

Sponsored By: Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

AN ACT relating to worker's compensation; specifying the age at which surviving children's benefits terminate; providing for semimonthly payment of temporary total disability benefits; making a technical correction; and providing for an effective date.

01/16/2004 Bill Number Assigned

02/09/2004 H Received for Introduction

02/09/2004 H Introduced and Referred to H10

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Baker, Berger, Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W., Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Latta, Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer, Miller, D., Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Prosser, Reese, Robinson, Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.

Excused: Representative(s) Alden and Tipton.

Ayes 58 Nays 0 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/10/2004 H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Gilmore, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, McMurtrey, Miller, Osborn and Robinson

Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/10/2004 H Placed on General File

02/10/2004 H Amendments Adopted

HB0052HS001/ADOPTED

Page 2-line 15 Reinsert stricken ","; delete "and".

Page 2-line 16 After "(h)(ii)" insert "and subsection (k)".

Page 2-line 24 Strike "paid".

Page 3-line 1 Delete "semimonthly" insert "calculated".

Page 3-line 6 After "27-14-802" insert "with one-half (1/2) of the monthly award paid on or about the fifteenth of the month and one-half (1/2) paid on or about the thirtieth of the month". OSBORN, CHAIRMAN

02/10/2004 H Passed CoW

02/11/2004 H Passed 2nd Reading

02/12/2004 H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Baker, Berger, Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W., Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Latta, Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer, Miller, D., Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Prosser, Reese, Robinson, Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.

Excused: Representative(s) Tipton.

Ayes 59 Nays 0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/13/2004 S Received for Introduction

02/16/2004 S Introduced and Referred to S10

02/18/2004 S10 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Barrasso, Boggs, Case, Massie and Scott

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/18/2004 S Placed on General File

02/24/2004 S Passed CoW

HB0052S2001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 2-line 7 After "occurs." insert "If the child is enrolled or pre-registered in an educational institution including a post-secondary education institution, the child shall receive the amount provided by this section until the child attains the age of twenty-one (21) years.". DEVIN

02/25/2004 S Passed 2nd Reading

02/26/2004 S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Caller, Case, Cathcart, Coe, Decaria, Devin, Erb, Geis, Goodenough, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Job, Kunz, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Northrup, Peck, Roberts, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend and Vasey.

Ayes 30 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/27/2004 H Did Concur

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Bagby, Baker, Berger, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W., Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Latta, Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer, Miller, D., Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Powers, Prosser, Reese, Robinson, Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren and Wostenberg.

Nays: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Brechtel and Philp.

Excused: Representative(s) Tipton and Wasserburger.

Ayes 55 Nays 3 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/27/2004 Assigned Number HEA No. 0021

03/01/2004 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0021

03/01/2004 S President Signed HEA No. 0021

03/03/2004 Governor Signed HEA No. 0021

03/03/2004 Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0032 Session Laws of Wyoming 2004.