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S.B. 229 State Employee Benefits Amendments

Became lawWritten by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore · carried in the House by Rep. Norman K Thurston

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

This bill would raise the state's 401(k) match for Tier II employees so they can receive up to a 2% employer match, with a $26 per pay period floor kept for lower-paid staff. It would also speed up how fast employees earn paid time off, convert two hours of sick leave each pay period into compensable leave, and have the state pay for short-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment coverage for employees.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • beginning on a specified date, establishes a paid time off program under which the following employees receive paid time off in lieu of annual leave and sick leave:
  • new agency employees
  • current agency employees who elect to participate
  • for each current agency employee who elects to participate in the program, directs the Division of Finance to convert the employee's accrued annual leave hours to paid time off hours at a one-to-one ratio
  • grants the Division of Human Resources authority to make rules governing the accrual and use of paid time off
  • modifies the 401(k) match available to a qualifying employee who participates in the paid time off program by changing the match rate and increasing the maximum employer contribution
  • requires each agency to establish and administer a leave bank program
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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What it costs you

From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.

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