House consideration of bill to extend longevity pay to county tax and sheriff offices

Speaker 1, an unidentified member, introduced House Bill 413 on the House floor and said the measure would add the tax assessor, tax collector and sheriff to the county longevity-pay schedule. "Currently, the county employees in Tuscar's County get longevity paid for, sections of of work over 5 years, over 5 years, and 10 years, 15 years. And, the, tax assessor, the tax collector, and the sheriff have been left out of that. And what this does is it just puts it in there too," Speaker 1 said.

The sponsor told the chamber the bill has a county resolution of support. Speaker 4, who opened the business and noted the bill was "filed by the chair," called for questions and then for the motion. The record shows a motion was made and seconded. When the presiding speaker asked, "All those in favor?" members responded "Aye." The transcript records a voice vote but does not include a roll-call tally or named yes/no votes.

The bill, as described in the transcript, would align longevity-pay eligibility across county offices by recognizing service milestones at five, 10 and 15 years and explicitly adding the three offices named by the sponsor. The transcript does not include bill text, fiscal notes, amendments or any discussion of funding sources or effective dates. It also does not record whether any committee referral, enactment timeline or effective date was set.

Because the transcript contains only a voice vote with no numerical tally, the article reports the outcome as approved by voice vote in the session and notes that specific vote counts were not recorded in the provided transcript. No additional procedural steps or implementation instructions appear in the meeting record.

The House adjourned after concluding business.