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Committee backs bill to emphasize education, experience in unclassified state hiring
Summary
The House Government Operations Committee on May 1 reported House Bill 4288 with a recommendation after adopting a clarifying amendment. Supporters said the bill restores merit-based hiring for unclassified state positions; opponents’ proposed amendments tying the bill to pay-equity and payroll-fraud legislation failed.
The House Committee on Government Operations on May 1 voted to report House Bill 4288, recommending it as amended as a new substitute after adopting an amendment that clarifies the bill applies to hiring applicants to offices within a department or agency of the executive branch.
Representative Harris, a co-sponsor who said she was speaking in her role as minority vice chair, told the committee the measure is intended to “help to break down any barrier … based on nonqualified applicants” and to “ensure that people's merits and their qualifications … are the primary considerations when applying for that position.”
Representative Regas, who testified in support and described the bill as a reintroduction of last year’s legislation, said,…
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