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Govt employees, membership fees
STATE GOVERNMENT – Adds to existing law to prohibit the state government and its employees from paying membership fees or dues with public funds and to provide exemptions.

RS30162 / H0091

This legislation would prohibit the use of tax dollars by public officers, public employees, and subdivisions of government for membership fees or dues to any organization unless required to do so by law or required to maintain a professional licensure for state employment. This language would only affect the Judicial, Executive, and Legislature branches of government.

This legislation would reduce General Fund expenditures a minimum of $3 million. There is no impact on local government entities.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/06 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
02/07 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
02/20 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
02/21 U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection
02/28 Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported out without recommendation as amended
Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
03/01 Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
03/02 Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading
03/03 Read third time in full as amended – FAILED - 31-38-1
AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Gallagher, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Kingsley(Crawford), Lambert, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto
Absent – Horman
Floor Sponsor - Scott
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
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