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Committee holds bill to ban salary‑history inquiries for state executive‑branch hiring
Summary
House Bill 180 would prohibit executive branch state employers from asking applicants for past compensation; committee held the bill to seek more information about exemptions and equity language.
Representative Bennion presented House Bill 180 on Feb. 14, saying the measure would codify a skills‑based hiring approach for the executive branch by prohibiting state executive‑branch employers from asking job applicants to disclose compensation history.
Jean Mills Barber of the Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM) told the committee that DHRM already conducts market surveys to set minimum and maximum salary ranges for state jobs and that executive‑branch hiring officials generally assess applicants based on skills, competencies and the market ranges rather than…
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