Date: 02/22/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1256

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 06-1256 to the CommitteePASS



10:00 AM -- House Bill 06-1256

Representative Buescher, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 1256. He stated that the bill was recommended by the Joint Budget Committee. It would clarify the procedure for calculating state employee salaries to ensure that no additional adjustment is made to compenstate for the fact that salaries were frozen in Fiscal Year 2003-04 at the Fiscal Year 2002-03 level. Representative Carroll expressed some concerns with the bill.

10:04 AM -- Jeff Schutt, representing the Departrment of Personnel and Administration, responded to the committee's questions. There was discussion about whether health care costs increased. Mr. Schutt stated that if their recent proposal goes through they would be at 75 percent for health care funding.

10:09 AM

Mr. Buescher stated the bill cleans up inconsistancies in the law.

BILL:HB06-1256
TIME: 10:10:02 AM
MOVED:Borodkin
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 06-1256 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 12-1 vote.
SECONDED:Coleman
VOTE
Balmer
Yes
Borodkin
Yes
Butcher
Yes
Carroll M.
No
Coleman
Yes
Knoedler
Yes
Liston
Yes
McCluskey
Yes
Paccione
Yes
Penry
Yes
Welker
Yes
Cerbo
Yes
Marshall
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS