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Committee adopts amendment clarifying civil service terminology in SB 723; bill passes unanimously
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 723 to align civil-service terminology with the 2022 Modernization Act (replacing 'classified/unclassified' with 'civil service exempt/nonexempt') and then passed the amended bill 9-0.
The committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 723 to update language that reflects the state’s 2022 Modernization Act and then approved the bill as amended, recording a unanimous 9-0 vote.
Senator Woods offered the amendment, which inserts the words "exempt" and restores previously stricken language to align the bill with section 63.1 of the title cited in the Modernization Act. The amendment clarifies that where the state previously used the terms "unclassified" or "classified," the statute should instead refer to "civil service exempt" and "civil service nonexempt."
After adoption of the amendment by voice and a do-pass motion, the clerk called the roll and the committee recorded 9 ayes and 0 nays. The chair declared SB 723 passed out of committee.
The transcript did not record additional debate about the amendment's operational impact on personnel practices; implementation and any agency guidance would follow statutory change if the bill becomes law.
