Key Votes
HB 13 - State Employee Compensation Amendments - Key Vote
Montana Key Votes
Stages
- March 11, 2009 Executive Signed
- Feb. 26, 2009 Passage
- Jan. 28, 2009 House Bill Passed
- Dec. 22, 2008 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 11, 2009
Title: State Employee Compensation Amendments
Signed by Governor Brian Schweitzer
Legislation - Passage (Senate) (45-5) - Feb. 26, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (62-36) - Jan. 28, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: State Employee Compensation Amendments
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the statutes related to compensation for state employees, including a freezing of wages for executive branch employees for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, providing for a one-time bonus to qualifying executive branch employees, and increasing the state contribution for the group benefits of executive, legislative, and judicial branch employees.
Highlights:
-Eliminates the annual three percent salary increase for executive branch employees for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 (Sec. 4).
-Provides a one-time lump-sum payment of $450 for full-time executive branch state employees earning $45,000 or less per year and $225 for part-time executive branch state employees working at least 20 hours per week earning $21.635 per hour or less, both to be distributed during the first full pay period after July 1, 2009 (Sec. 4).
-Increases the state contribution for legislative, executive, and judicial branch employee group insurance benefits from $626 to $679 per month from January 2010 through December 2010 and $733 per month for January 2011 and each month thereafter (Sec. 5).
-Increases the state contribution for Montana university system employee group insurance benefits from $626 to $679 per month from July 2009 through June 2010 and $733 per month for July 2010 and for each month thereafter (Sec. 5).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Dec. 22, 2008
Title: State Employee Compensation Amendments
