To authorize any county, municipality, or governmental entity subject to a countywide civil service system established by a local law to elect by a majority vote of the governing body of the county, municipality, or governmental entity to be exempt from the countywide civil service system for the recruitment and hiring of all employees; to require the county, municipality, or governmental entity to adopt a human resources policy and procedures manual and to notify the director of the countywide civil service system of its decision to withdraw from the system for the recruitment and hiring of employees; and to provide that employees, after a probationary period, would be merit system employees subject to all rights and protections under the countywide civil service system.
Summary
Countywide civil service systems, county, municipalities, or governmental entity, authorized to opt out for recruitment and hiring purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2023
Last action May 23, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2023
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
May 16, 2023
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government)
lower
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Banking and Insurance)
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Banking and Insurance)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack Williams
RRepublican
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