H.B. No. 0046 |
Public employee pension plans-contributions. |
Sponsored By: Joint
Appropriations Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to public employees; increasing employee
contribution and employer contribution in certain plans under the Wyoming Retirement
Act and under The Wyoming State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and
Criminal Investigator Retirement Act; increasing employee contribution under
the Firemen's Pension Account Reform Act of 1981; providing appropriations; and
providing for effective dates.
1/13/2014 Bill Number Assigned
2/10/2014 H Received for Introduction
2/11/2014 H Introduced and Referred to H02
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund,
Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gingery, Goggles,
Greear, Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Jaggi,
Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen,
Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, Mader,
Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff,
Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Walters, Wilson, Winters,
Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Gay, Halverson, Hutchings, McKim, Miller and Watt
Ayes 54 Nays
6 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/12/2014 H02 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Blikre, Burkhart, Harshman, Moniz, Nicholas, B. and Stubson
Nays:
Representative(s) Esquibel, K.
Ayes 6 Nays
1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/12/2014 H Placed on General File
2/13/2014 H Passed COW
2/14/2014 H Passed 2nd Reading
2/17/2014 H Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blevins, Blikre,
Brown, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman,
Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Freeman, Gingery, Greear,
Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi,
Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Mader, McKim,
Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff,
Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters and
Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Blake, Byrd, Esquibel, K.,
Filer, Gay, Goggles, Halverson, Madden, Miller, Throne and Zwonitzer, Dn.
Excused:
Representative(s) Krone
Ayes 48 Nays
11 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/17/2014 S Received for Introduction
2/19/2014 S Introduced and Referred to S02
2/24/2014 S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Bebout, Dockstader, Hastert, Meier and Perkins
Ayes 5 Nays
0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/24/2014 S Placed on General File
HB0046SS001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 13 After "9‑3‑604(a) insert "and (c)(ii)".
Page 6-After line 14 Insert:
"(c) The
contributions under subsection (b) of this section shall be paid from the source
of funds which is used in paying salary to the employee. The employer may pay
these contributions by a reduction in cash salary of the employee or by an
offset against a future salary increase, or by a combination of a reduction in
salary and an offset against a future salary increase, provided:
(ii) Except as otherwise provided
in this paragraph, any employer may pay any amount of an employee's share of
retirement contributions without a salary reduction or offset, or combination
thereof. On
and after For the period from
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014, at
least one and sixty-two hundredths percent (1.62%),
for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016 at least one and
ninety-six hundredths percent (1.96%), for the period from July 1, 2016 through
June 30, 2017 at least two and thirty hundredths percent (2.30%) and thereafter
at least two and sixty-four hundredths (2.64%) of the employee's
share of retirement contributions shall be paid through a reduction in cash
salary of the employee unless specified otherwise by legislative
act.". BEBOUT, CHAIRMAN
2/25/2014 S Passed COW
2/26/2014 S Passed 2nd Reading
2/27/2014 S Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Anderson, JD S02, Anderson, JL S28, Barnard, Bebout, Burns,
Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill,
Emerich, Esquibel, F.,
Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Landen, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins,
Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von
Flatern
Nays:
Senator(s) Johnson
Ayes 29 Nays
1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/27/2014 H Received for Concurrence
2/27/2014 H Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blevins, Blikre,
Brown, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Davison,
Eklund, Gay, Gingery, Greear, Greene, Halverson, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik,
Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, Mader,
McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek,
Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Walters and Watt
Nays:
Representative(s) Blake, Byrd, Connolly, Esquibel,
K., Filer, Freeman, Goggles, Throne, Wilson, Winters,
Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Ayes 48 Nays
12 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/27/2014 Assigned Number HEA No. 0011
2/28/2014 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0011
2/28/2014 S President Signed HEA No. 0011
3/4/2014 Governor Signed HEA No. 0011
3/6/2014 Assigned Chapter Number
Chapter
No. 0019 Session
Laws of Wyoming 2014