HB 58: State Employee Longevity Pay
2007 General Session

Sponsor: Rep. Pete Illoway (R-H42-Cheyenne)

HB 58 would have permanently increased longevity pay for state employees from $30 per month to $40 per month for every five years of service. In the 2006 Budget Session, the Legislature passed an amendment to the budget bill that temporarily increased longevity pay to $40 per month, but that level will revert to the $30 level at the end of the current two year budget cycle.

The House passed HB 58, 58-1 (1 conflict). Representative Frank Philp (R-H34, Shoshoni) cast the single NO vote. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed HB 58, 4-1, with Senators Rae Lynn Job (D-S12, Rock Springs), Phil Nicholas (R-S10, Laramie), Ray Peterson (R-S19, Cowley) and Charles Townsend (R-S1, Osage) voting in favor of the bill and Senator Curt Meier (R-S3, LaGrange) voting NO. After HB 58 was placed on general file in the Senate, Senate Majority Floor Leader John Hines (R-S23, Gillette) did not schedule the bill for floor debate so it died without a vote of the full Senate.

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