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Senate creates five-year commission to review state employee benefits after questions about membership and cost
Summary
The Senate approved SB22 to create a temporary (five-year) commission to advise on state employee benefits; sponsor said DHRM will staff it and UPEA has a seat, while several senators questioned the commission’s membership, bipartisan balance and fiscal impact before a recorded floor vote.
The Utah Senate on the floor passed Senate Bill 22 to create a short-term commission to study and advise on state employee benefits, including compensation and benefits structure, with a five-year sunset.
Sponsor Senator Fillmore described the measure as an effort to insulate benefit decisions from short-term political incentives by placing review authority with…
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