House Bill 1013 would revise the list of positions at the Department of Social and Health Services that are exempt from state civil‑service law.

Connor Schiff, staff to the committee, described the change as administrative housekeeping: "House Bill 1013 revises the positions within the Department of Social and Health Services that are exempt," he said, then listed categories such as the secretary, chief of staff, division directors, regional administrators and superintendents of institutions.

Representative Schmidt, the prime sponsor, said she carried a similar bill last year that passed the House and was unanimous on the floor but ran out of time in the Senate. "This is just a simple bill to revise some positions so that the department can actually restructure in a way that's more effective," Schmidt said.

Andrew Colvin and Joanna Tatarian of DSHS Human Resources testified in support and told the committee most of the positions are already practically exempt and the update matches the current departmental structure; they characterized the bill as housekeeping and said there was no intent to remove existing exemptions.

A committee member asked whether the positions were intended to be exempt originally; witnesses replied most positions were already exempt and that the statute has not been substantially revised since about 1980.

No formal committee action or vote appears in the transcript for this bill.