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Subcommittee advances bill to shift state workers to biweekly pay
Summary
The Public Service and Employees Subcommittee voted 6-0 to send an administration-backed bill to full committee that would move state employee pay from the 15th and last day of each month to every other Friday, a change sponsors say will ease payroll issues such as overtime calculations.
The Public Service and Employees Subcommittee voted unanimously to send to full committee a bill that would change the state payroll schedule from the 15th and last day of the month to a biweekly, every-other-Friday pay period.
Representative Ashley (sponsor) said the bill, submitted by the Department of Finance and Administration, would align pay periods ‘‘from the way they get paid right now on the fifteenth and the last day of the month to every other, every other Friday.’’ She told the subcommittee the department recommended the change to help with issues such as overtime administration.
The committee recorded no amendments and held limited questions from members. Representative McCallum and Representative Warner took part in the discussion; no substantive changes or conditions were placed on the referral. The clerk reported a voice vote tally of 6 ayes and 0 nos, and the measure was moved to the full committee.
The bill was offered as an administration proposal from the Department of Finance and Administration; the committee did not record additional fiscal details, implementation timelines, or statutory citations in the hearing record. No local or external entities were identified as being charged under the proposal during the subcommittee discussion.
The committee chair reminded members of standing committee rules and filing deadlines before this and other items were considered.
Votes at a glance: The subcommittee voted 6-0 to forward the state employee pay-period bill to full committee.
