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Recommendations on broad employee pay adjustments debated at length and then withdrawn for redrafting
Summary
Lawmakers debated competing approaches to general employee pay adjustments, including a dollar-per-hour across-the-board option and a percent/merit alternative; competing motions were filed and later withdrawn to allow staff time to correct and reformat proposals.
Committee members engaged in an extended debate over proposed FY2026 changes to employee compensation that would affect permanent state employees, troopers, nurses and IT/engineering positions. Two main approaches were discussed: (1) a CEC-based package that included a $1.55-per-hour across-the-board increase for permanent employees (with additional targeted increases for troopers, nurses and market-based adjustments for IT/engineering positions) and (2) a substitute that proposed a $1.55-per-hour…
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