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Committee adopts amendment requiring experienced firm for ferry salary survey and advances substitute bill
Summary
Lawmakers adopted an amendment requiring the Office of Financial Management to hire a firm with compensation survey experience to perform a ferry salary survey and reported substitute House Bill 1264 to the floor 27‑0.
The committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 12 64 on March 1 that requires the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to contract with a human‑resources firm experienced in conducting compensation surveys to perform the salary survey used in collective bargaining for Washington State ferry employees.
Ben McCarthy, staff to the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee, briefed HB 1264 and identified two amendments; Representative Reid moved adoption of amendment MCCB 33, which was described as fixing an error in an earlier amendment and requiring expertise from the contracted firm. Representative Reid said the amendment "requires that OFM contract with a firm that has the experience necessary in doing salary surveys as it relates to compensation," and urged adoption. Representative Lowe and Representative Blow spoke in support.
The committee adopted amendment MCCB 33 by voice vote and later rolled the amendment into a substitute. An oral roll call produced 27 ayes, 0 nays; the clerk reported the substitute House Bill 12 64 was moved out of committee with a due pass recommendation.
Why it matters: the bill centers on the salary survey process that will inform bargaining for ferry employees; the amendment aims to ensure the state hires a firm with relevant compensation‑survey experience.
