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Committee orders review of employer lodging allowance, cites low $32.56 weekly rate
Summary
The House General & Housing committee directed staff to revise H.403 to request a Department of Labor report on the statutory lodging allowance employers may deduct from employee wages, adding the Agency of Commerce (ACCD) to consultations and setting a report deadline of 12/01/2026; the committee noted the current calculation is $32.56 per week.
The House Committee on General & Housing heard testimony and agreed to seek a formal review of the statutory lodging allowance employers may deduct from employee wages, directing the Department of Labor to produce a written report by Dec. 1, 2026.
Representative David Durfee, chair of the House Agriculture, Food and Seed Forestry Committee, told the committee the lodging allowance figure in state law "is something less than $40 for, for an employee" per week and said the number’s origins and method of adjustment merited a closer look. "So my suggestion was ... it might look at, asking the Department of Labor to spend some time looking at the formula and then reporting back to the legislature," Durfee said.
Sophie Sedatomy, legislative counsel for the Office of Legislative…
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