The Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations subcommittees have completed their respective budget recommendations. The following is a summary of both subcommittee reports:
The Governors introduced budget contained a 2% salary increase effective July 1, 2019 for constitutional officers and their employees, and state employees (originally approved in the 2018 session), and a proposed 1% salary bonus effective December 1, 2019.
House Appropriations Compensation & Retirement Subcommittee Report
The House eliminated the proposed 1% salary bonus and increased the approved 2% salary increase to 3% effective July 1, 2019.
The House also approved our budget request for additional funding for our Career Development Program (CDP) increasing the salary supplement to 9.3% to conform with that provided under other constitutional officers’ career development plans.
Senate Finance Captial Outlay & Technology Subcommittee Report
The Senate eliminated the proposed 1% salary bonus and offered no change to the approved 2% salary increase effective July 1, 2019.
The House also approved our budget request for additional funding for our Career Development Program (CDP) increasing the salary supplement to 9.3% to conform with that provided under other constitutional officers’ career development plans.
Clearly, going forward, we will likely be supporting the House version of the budget.
Robyn DeSocio will be sending detailed information in the next several days.