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Numeric List Budget Accountability Health & Human Services Justice System Education State Employees Taxation & Revenue Wildlife & Environment Worker & Public Safety Tribal Affairs Senior Citizens	HB 104: Payroll Check-Off Amendments 2004 Budget Session Sponsor: Rep. Tony Ross (R-H7, Cheyenne); co-sponsor Sen. Curt Meier (R-S3, La Grange) Legislator votes by regions Big Horn Basin Casper-Area Cheyenne-Area Gillette-Area Lander/Riverton-Area Northeast/East Central Sheridan-Area South Central Southwest West Central          HB 104 would modify Wyoming statutes regarding direct deposits from payroll check-off programs. The proposed statutory change would codify into law what has been occurring in practice for the past twenty years or more.          Under current statute, the state auditor and payroll officers for employees of the Wyoming Department of Transportation (DoT), the University of Wyoming (UW) and Wyoming's community colleges may establish payroll check-off programs whereby automatic deductions are made from the employee's paycheck to pay for supplemental medical plans, disability plans, life insurance plans and annuities.          HB 104 would remove the DoT from this statute, because DoT employees are now included with other state agencies whose payrolls are handled directly by the state. UW and the community colleges maintain their own payroll offices.          For state agencies under the state payroll office, the state auditor has for many years included employee organizations such as the Wyoming Public Employees Association (WPEA) and charitable organizations such as The United Way as potential recipients of payroll check-off programs.          HB 104 would add employee organizations and nonprofit charitable organizations to the list of potential payroll check-off recipients for UW and the community colleges.          Supporters noted that this bill changed nothing, but simply clarified in statute what has been long standing practice. They noted that State Auditor Max Maxfield supported maintaining WPEA as a recipient of payroll check-offs, but believed the change proposed in HB 210 would prevent confusion with future state government administrations.          Opponents argued that there was no need to make this statutory change, and that it was appropriate to leave it to the State Auditor's discretion whether or not to include WPEA in the check-off program. Some opponents specifically did not want the WPEA included as a potential recipient of payroll check-off programs for state employees.          The House passed HB 104, 54-2 (4 excused).          The Senate Appropriations Committee defeated HB 104 with an unrecorded vote.          The votes listed below are the third reading votes in the House.          A YES vote means the legislator supported including employee organizations and charitable organizations as potential recipients of payroll check-off programs for state employees.          A NO vote means the legislator did not support including these changes. Bighorn Basin Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 18 Hank Coe (R) H 24 Colin Simpson (R) Yes H 50 Pat Childers (R) Yes S 19 Laness D. Northrup (R) H 25 Alan Jones (R) Yes H 26 Elaine Harvey (R) Yes S 20 Gerald E. Geis (R) H 27 Jane Wostenberg (R) Yes H 28 Micheal Baker (R) No Casper-Area Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 27 John Barrasso (R) H 35 Roy Cohee (R) Yes H 36 Liz Gentile (D) Yes S 28 Keith Goodenough (D) H 56 Tom Walsh (R) Yes H 57 Thomas A. Lockhart (R) Excused S 29 Bill Hawks (R) H 37 Steve Harshman (R) Yes H 59 Mary Gilmore (D) Yes S 30 Charles K. Scott (R) H 38 Bob Brechtel (R) Yes H 58 Ann Robinson (D) Yes Cheyenne-Area Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 4 April Brimmer Kunz (R) H 7 Tony Ross (R) Yes H 41 Becket Hinckley (R) Yes S 5 John Hanes (R) H 8 Larry Meuli (R) Yes H 42 Pete Illoway (R) Yes S 6 Rich Cathcart (D) H 9 Wayne Johnson (R) Yes H 10 Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) Yes S 7 Kathryn Sessions (D) H 11 Wayne Reese (D) Yes H 43 Ed Prosser (R) Yes S 8 E. Jayne Mockler (D) H 12 Layton Morgan (D) Yes H 44 Floyd Esquibel (D) Yes Gillette-Area Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 23 John Hines (R) H 31 Jene Jansen (R) Yes H 52 George McMurtrey (R) Excused S 24 Richard A. Erb (R) H 32 Jeff Wasserburger (R) Yes H 53 Frank Latta (R) Yes Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 25 Cale Case (R) H 33 Harry Tipton (R) Excused H 54 Del McOmie (R) Yes S 26 Robert A. Peck (R) H 34 Frank Philp (R) No H 55 David Miller (R) Yes Northeast/East Central WY Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 1 C.L. Townsend (R) H 1 Mark Semlek (R) Yes H 2 Ross Diercks (D) Yes S 2 Jim Anderson (R) H 5 James C. Hageman (R) Yes H 6 Dave Edwards (R) Yes S 3 Curt Meier (R) H 3 Deborah Alden (R) Yes H 4 Edward A. Buchanan (R) Yes Sheridan-Area Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 21 Bruce Burns (R) H 29 Jerry Iekel (R) Yes H 51 Rosie Berger (R) Yes S 22 John Schiffer (R) H 30 Jack Landon (R) Yes H 40 Doug Osborn (R) Yes South Central WY Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 9 Mike Massie (D) H 13 Jane Warren (D) Yes H 45 Lorna Johnson (D) Yes S 10 Irene Devin (R) H 14 Phil Nicholas (R) Yes H 46 James Slater (R) Yes S 11 Bill Vasey (D) H 15 George Bagby (D) Excused H 47 Kurt Bucholz (R) Yes Southwest WY Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 12 Rae Lynn Job (D) H 48 Marty Martin (D) Yes H 16 Pete Jorgensen (D) Yes S 13 Tex Boggs (D) H 17 Fred Parady (R) Yes H 60 Bill Thompson (D) Yes S 14 Larry Caller (D) H 18 Mick Powers (R) Yes H 39 John Hastert (D) Yes S 15 Ken Decaria (D) H 19 Owen Petersen (R) Yes H 49 Saundra Meyer (D) Yes West Central WY Legislators House 3rd 2/19/04 S 16 Delaine Roberts (R) H 20 Stan Cooper (R) Yes H 21 Randall Luthi (R) Yes S 17 Grant Larson (R) H 22 Monte Olsen (R) Yes H 23 Clarene Law (R) Yes See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12