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Appropriations Committee advances Department of Labor budget with targeted staff and pay adjustments
Summary
Committee approved House Bill 1007 (Department of Labor and Human Rights budget) as amended; sponsors added funding for carryover, salary and benefit adjustments, temporary salaries and a funded FTE to address a backlog of cases.
Representative Meyer presented House Bill 1007, the Department of Labor and Human Rights budget bill. Meyer summarized adjustments reflected in the committee amendment, including carryover funding, salary and benefits cost‑to‑continue, funding to replace a pool of vacant FTEs, and resources to address an approximately 450‑case backlog.
Key items: The amendment added carryover and cost‑to‑continue funding, salary and benefit increases, funding to replace vacant FTEs, and a funded FTE for a compliance investigator to reduce a backlog of roughly 450 cases. Temporary salary funding and modest travel adjustments were included; the sponsor described the budget as small (approximately 13 FTEs in the agency) and intended to help the agency catch up on caseloads.
Committee action: Representative Meyer moved the committee amendment and later moved passage; the Appropriations Committee approved HB 1007 as amended. The transcript records the roll call on passage and the committee named Representative Meyer as the bill carrier.
Ending: HB 1007 advances from committee with amendments that provide modest funding to fill an unfunded investigator position and temporary staff to address a caseload backlog; Representative Meyer will carry the bill forward.
