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Joint Interim Committee endorses SB 80 to create portable benefits pilot
Summary
The Joint Interim Committee voted 8-0 to recommend endorsement of SB 80, a bill modeled on a Utah portable benefits pilot that would establish voluntary portable benefits for independent contractors; members and industry speakers stressed the policy is voluntary and warned against altering contractor/employee tests.
The Joint Interim Committee endorsed SB 80, a bill to authorize a voluntary portable benefits pilot modeled on a Utah program, voting 8-0 to recommend the measure to the legislature.
The recommendation came after committee members and an industry representative discussed timing, voluntary participation, and concerns that the measure should not alter independent-contractor versus employee classifications. Senator Hovey moved to endorse the bill; Arthur Ray seconded the motion. The committee recorded eight ayes and no nays.
Committee chair Representative Faulkner opened the meeting and asked members to review the engrossed Senate version of…
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