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House rejects amendment; debate sharpens over making elected-official staff "at will"
Summary
Lawmakers argued for hours over House Bill 324, which would make staff of certain statewide elected officials at-will employees; a major amendment to preserve personnel rules failed, highlighting concerns about legislative control, payroll transparency and long-term consequences.
House Bill 3 24, which would change personnel rules for staff who work for several statewide elected officials, prompted extended floor debate on the House chamber’s second reading and several roll-call and standing votes.
The bill would reclassify employees of certain elected offices so those employees are not subject to the executive-branch personnel system, potentially making positions “at will” under the authority of the elected official. Representative Larson Lloyd and others pressed for a floor amendment (Amendment No. 2) that would have removed the section exempting those employees from longstanding executive branch personnel rules and left in place statutory limits that the sponsors said remain controlling. Larson Lloyd described the amendment as restoring the…
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