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Pay advancements, retention bonuses
HUMAN RESOURCES – Amends existing law to provide for advancements in pay based on certain factors and to provide for retention bonuses in certain circumstances.

RS30207 / H0102

The purpose of this legislation is to provide clarification and create flexibility within established compensation practices. Currently, all employee compensation increases require a satisfactory performance evaluation on file prior to granting the increase. This requirement restricts agencies from giving salary increases when necessary for internal pay equity or external market changes. Language will be added in 67-5309B and 59-1603 to clarify that salary increases based on performance require a current evaluation to be on file and that other salary increases may be given based on internal pay equity or external market changes. This change will allow agency heads to recruit and retain state employees more effectively.

This legislation will have no impact on the state’s General fund or any dedicated fund or federal fund because agencies granting compensation increases to eligible state employees must use existing budget appropriations to cover the cost.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/08 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
02/09 Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
02/10 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
02/13 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hoy), 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(Yorgason), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – Mathias, Nash, Palmer, Weber
Floor Sponsor - Bundy
Title apvd - to Senate
02/14 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
02/24 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
02/27 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/09 Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – None
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Guthrie
Title apvd - to House
03/13 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
03/14 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
03/15 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
03/16 Delivered to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, 2023
03/21 Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2023
Session Law Chapter 53
Effective: 07/01/2023
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