State pay plan flies through House
A bill that would overhaul the pay plan for about 25,000 state employees at a projected cost of $57 million in the coming fiscal year zipped through the Arkansas House of Representatives on Friday.
The House voted 93-0 to send Senate Bill 289 by Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, to the governor.
The House's action came a day after the Senate voted 34-0 to approve it and three days after the Legislature's Joint Budget Committee recommended approval.
Rep. Karilyn Brown, R-Sherwood, said one of her constituents is a state employee who wondered how current employees will be treated compared with new hires under the plan. The plan would take effect in fiscal 2018, which starts July 1.
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