By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4579          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;   May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &   Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote         COMMITTEE VOTE              YeaNayAbsentPNV          SchwertnerX          KingX          BirdwellX          CampbellX          CreightonX          JohnsonX          KolkhorstX          MenéndezX          MiddletonX          NicholsX          ZaffiriniX     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state   agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay   employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a   position classified in salary group A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, or A17   under classification salary Schedule A in the General   Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment   compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the   comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation   twice a month.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *