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Committee forwards bill to classify DOPL attorneys as nonclassified professional employees
Summary
Senate Bill 1056 would add attorneys employed by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses to the list of nonclassified professional state employees; committee approved the bill to the floor by voice vote.
BOISE — The Idaho Senate Commerce Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1056 to the Senate floor with a “do pass” recommendation after sponsors said the bill aligns Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses attorneys with other state attorneys for classification and employment purposes.
Senator Todd Lakey introduced the bill as coming from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL). “This comes from our division of occupational and professional licenses and deals with the attorneys that are employed by DOPL,” Lakey said. He explained the bill adds those attorneys to the statutory list of nonclassified professional employees, a category that generally applies to salaried professional staff and carries different hiring and compensation flexibility than classified (typically hourly) positions.
Lakey said the statute being amended lists which state positions are nonclassified and that the bill merely adds DOPL attorneys so they are treated consistently with attorneys in the attorney general’s office, the Idaho Supreme Court and the public defender’s office.
No public testimony was recorded. Senator Guthrie moved to send Senate Bill 1056 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation; Senator Ruckde seconded. The committee approved the motion by voice vote. The committee record in the hearing indicates the bill will be sent to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation.
The sponsor described the change as administrative and intended to align job classification and compensation rules for DOPL attorneys with comparable state legal positions. The transcript refers to the Idaho code section being amended as “60 seven-five 303” in the hearing; the committee did not provide a printed code citation in oral testimony during the hearing.
