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Senate adopts substitute state pay plan and advances it to third reading after debate on fiscal impact
Summary
Senators approved Substitute SB 76 (State Personnel Management Act changes) after floor amendments narrowing eligibility and discussion of fiscal impacts including an estimated $9,970,000 fiscal-year 1993 cost and an approximate $1,000,000 one-time adjustment; vote to place on third reading was recorded as 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent.
The Utah Senate advanced Substitute Senate Bill 76 — a statewide pay plan and changes to personnel management — to the third-reading calendar on Feb. 14 after floor debate and adoption of sponsor amendments.
Sponsor and floor managers described SB 76 as a return to a step pay plan with a uniform methodology for state employee compensation tied to appropriations and market surveys. Senator Petersen and other floor speakers said the plan allows steps only when the legislature appropriates funds and that steps would not exceed market-comparison limits.
Fiscal implications were a focus of the floor exchange. A fiscal note for implementation in fiscal year 1993 was discussed on the floor. A senator summarized combined first-year costs as “9,970,000 out of general fund and uniform school fund,” and the floor discussed an additional one-time adjustment of about $1,000,000 beyond the larger compensation context described as roughly “62 and a half million” in caucus planning. Sponsor-floor managers said the $1,000,000 would be a one-time supplemental and the remainder would be built into base funding going forward.
Amendments circulated on the floor narrowed eligibility and clarified that any steps are discretionary and contingent on available appropriations. After debate and adoption of the companion amendments, substitute SB 76 passed the Senate with a roll-call showing 26 ayes and 3 absent and was placed on the third-reading calendar.
