Brief Description: Authorizing additional payroll deductions for state employees.

Sponsors: By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives McDermott, Hunt, Santos, Cody, Sells, Conway, Kenney, Ormsby, Williams, Green, Dunshee, Campbell, Appleton, Chase and Hasegawa).

House Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability
House Committee on Appropriations
Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections

Background:

At the request of a state employee, deductions may be made from the employee's salary for payment of the following:

• credit union deductions;
• parking fee deductions;
• U.S. savings bond deductions;
• board, lodging, or uniform deductions when furnished by the state, or deductions for academic tuition or fees or scholarship contributions payable to the employing institution;
• dues and other fees deductions;
• labor or employee organization dues;
• insurance contributions for payment of premiums under contracts authorized by the Health Care Authority;
• deductions to a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association; and
• contributions to the Washington State Combined Fund Drive.

Deductions for labor or employee organization dues may only be made in the event that a payroll deduction is not provided under a collective bargaining agreement and 25 or more employees of a single agency, or a total of 100 or more employees of several agencies, have authorized such a deduction to the same labor or employee organization.

Summary:

In addition to labor or employee organization dues, an employee may authorize payroll deductions for contributions to one fund, committee, or subsidiary organization chosen and maintained by that labor or employee organization.

Votes on Final Passage:

House   97   1
Senate   37   9

Effective: January 1, 2007