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Senate approves joint resolution increasing pay for in‑session employees
Summary
SJR 6 passed the Senate, authorizing pay increases for in-session legislative employees, including a proposed $1/hour increase (and up to $2/hour for specialized clerical staff) and adding pay scales for an IT technician and tour liaison.
Senator Okerlund described SJR 6 as the annual resolution setting compensation for in-session legislative employees and said the measure raises salaries after a regional salary survey. "We're actually asking for a dollar an hour to to try to get them closer to where we think they should be," he said, adding that in some cases the resolution proposes "$2 an hour for some of our specialized clerical help."
The resolution also adds a pay scale for an IT technician and for a tour liaison. Sponsor remarks emphasized a desire to make compensation more competitive with surrounding states and retain specialized staff. After brief questions, the sponsor moved under suspension of the rules to consider SJR 6 for second and third reading and final passage; the clerk recorded the vote as 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent, and the resolution will be sent to the House.
The discussion on the floor was procedural and limited in substance; no amendments or detailed fiscal breakdowns were presented during the recorded floor remarks. Any appropriation or budgetary effect will be resolved through the appropriations process.
