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Senate adopts amendment to raise DABC wages to market-based median
Summary
Senate amended and passed SB 137 to allow the Department of Human Resource Management to set median salaries for DABC positions — explicitly expanding to warehouse workers — and the amendment was adopted before the bill passed unanimously.
Senate Bill 137, which addresses wages for employees of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC), was amended on the floor to include warehouse workers in the DHRM market-salary calculation and then passed.
Senator Davis explained the amendment as a way to ensure DABC positions compete in the private-sector labor market; he described the amendment as directing DHRM to determine median department salaries that "would also include warehouse workers, as well as the clerks and managers." Supporters described the change as overdue and necessary to retain workers.
The amendment was adopted on a voice vote and the sponsor said the bill was improved by the change. The Senate then voted to pass the bill; the floor record shows the bill received 29 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent and passed.
Senators emphasized that the approach would make DABC positions market-driven and relieve the need for annual special funding requests to adjust wages.
