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Senate gives favorable report to HB472 raising per diem to $14.88 for day trips
Summary
The Senate gave a favorable report to HB472, which raises the employee per diem to $14.88 for day trips lasting six to 12 hours; sponsor said the change is already in the adopted budget.
The Senate gave a favorable report to HB472, a bill to raise the per diem paid to current employees to $14.88 for day trips lasting six to 12 hours, during its morning session.
Representative Ingram, sponsor of HB472, told the chamber the increase is covered in the existing budget and applies only to day trips between six and 12 hours. "Alright, this bill is just an increase for per diem for current employees and it's, it's already in the budget obviously because we've already passed a budget so they can't get out of bounds on that but it's, increasing it to $14.88. It's only for day trips from 6 to 12 hours," Representative Ingram said.
The clerk called the bill and members recorded a motion and a second. The chamber voted by voice; members answered "Aye," and the bill was given a favorable report, according to the clerk's announcement recorded in the transcript. The transcript does not identify who moved or seconded the motion, nor does it record individual roll-call votes.
No further action or implementation details were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
