02/12/2025 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

         SB  79-PAYMENT OF WAGES; PAYROLL CARD ACCOUNT                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:45:02 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BJORKMAN   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration  of SENATE  BILL NO.  79 "An  Act relating  to wage                                                               
payments."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:45:40 PM                                                                                                                    
SAVAYA  BIEBER,  Staff,  Senator  Jesse  Bjorkman,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska,  provided a brief recap on  SB 79 as                                                               
follows:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
[Original punctuation provided.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     SB 79  allows employers to  credit employee wages  to a                                                                    
     payroll card account if an  employee has authorized use                                                                    
     of a payroll card, or  if they have failed to authorize                                                                    
     deposit of the wages to a specified account.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
       SB 79 provides employees without a bank account a                                                                        
     solution to accept payment of their wages that avoids                                                                      
     a check cashing fee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:46:34 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  opened public testimony  on SB 79;  finding none,                                                               
he closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:47:07 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN solicited the will of the committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:47:10 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GRAY-JACKSON  moved to  report  SB  79, work  order  34-                                                               
LS0494\A,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached 0 fiscal note(s).                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:47:27 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  found no  objection and SB  79 was  reported from                                                               
the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.