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Budget control sections would eliminate thousands of vacant positions and allow administration authority to suspend scheduled pay increases; lawmakers and labor
Summary
Department of Finance told the Senate subcommittee the administration proposes to implement state‑operations and vacant‑position savings under control sections in the 2024 budget act and would reserve authority to suspend scheduled pay increases if collective bargaining does not produce the targeted savings.
The Department of Finance told the Senate subcommittee that the 2024 budget act's control sections authorized identification and implementation of significant state‑operations and vacant‑position savings, and the administration provided updates in a May 2025 letter to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Finance staff Han Dong Min summarized the package of reductions tied to control sections 4.05 and 4.12, saying the administration will reduce departmental budgets in 2024‑25 by approximately $1.0 billion (including about $605 million General Fund) under 4.05, and propose $1.6 billion in 2025‑26 and ongoing (including about $1.2 billion General Fund). Under control section 4.12, Finance proposed current‑year reductions of about $502 million…
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