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Commissioner salaries
APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission and provides appropriations for those salary increases.

RS31679 / H0725

This legislation provides a 3% salary increase, similar to other state employees, for each of the Public Utilities Commissioners, State Tax Commissioners, and Industrial Commissioners effective July 1, 2024.

The salary of each of the three Public Utilities Commissioners is statutorily raised from $122,742 to $126,424.

The salary of each of the four State Tax Commissioners is statutorily raised from $113,977 to $117,396.

The salary of each of the three Industrial Commissioners is statutorily raised from $119,540 to $123,126.

This legislation also provides an appropriation for the increased cost to each agency for salary and benefits for each of the ten commissioners.

Bill Events
Date Description
03/21 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
03/21 Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
03/22 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/22 Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-1-1
AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young
NAYS – Boyle
Absent – Cannon
Excused from voting – Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Tanner
Title apvd - to Senate
03/25 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
03/25 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
03/25 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/26 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/26 Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 29-3-3
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Den Hartog, Lenney, Trakel
Absent and excused – Schroeder, VanOrden, Winder
Floor Sponsor - Bjerke
Title apvd - to House
03/27 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
03/27 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
03/28 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
03/28 Signed by President; returned to House
03/28 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
03/28 Delivered to Governor at 4:09 p.m. on March 28, 2024
04/02 Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024
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