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Committee fails to adopt change-in-employee-compensation motions; four alternatives debated
Summary
Committee members debated four CEC (change-in-employee-compensation) motions varying between a flat dollar increase, merit-based increases and the governor’s 5% proposal; after multiple roll calls no CEC motion passed and the committee deferred the issue.
BOISE, Idaho — Lawmakers on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee debated four alternative approaches Jan. 31 to statewide change-in-employee-compensation (CEC) funding for fiscal year 2026 but failed to adopt any of them after multiple roll calls.
Analysts laid out four motions that differed by distribution method and scope. Representative Miller offered a dollar-based motion (motion 1) to provide $1.55 per hour per permanent FTP — presented as $84,411,000 for state employees and, when combined with school and other adjustments, $177,429,000 total. Representative Furness offered a variant (motion 2) that combined $1.55 per hour up to a floor and added $611,500 to ensure all state employees…
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