SENATE BILL NO. 259                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the basic salary schedule for                                                                          
     compensation of state employees; and providing for an                                                                      
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:04:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman relayed that  the committee had first heard                                                                    
SB 259 on March 25, and  had taken public testimony on April                                                                    
17, 2024.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:04:58 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KEN  ALPER,  STAFF  TO SENATOR  DONNY  OLSON,  recalled  the                                                                    
changes to  the committee substitute, which  had removed the                                                                    
retroactivity provision.  The new fiscal note  reflected the                                                                    
change. He noted that there  was a single fiscal note across                                                                    
all agencies.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kiehl   MOVED  to  report  CSSB   259(FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee  as amended  with  individual recommendations  and                                                                    
the accompanying  fiscal note. There being  NO OBJECTION, it                                                                    
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CSSB  259 was  REPORTED  out of  committee  as amended  with                                                                    
three   "do  pass"   recommendations   and   with  two    no                                                                    
recommendation   recommendations, and  with  one new  fiscal                                                                    
impact note from the Governor and Various departments.