Unions chosen to represent state workers would submit names for two seats on a board that oversees awards for workers’ ideas to improve state government.
If the bill becomes law, two board members would have to belong to unions chosen to represent state workers. The state personnel administrator would appoint them from union-submitted lists starting July 1, 2027.
The state personnel administrator would appoint two Merit Award Board members from names submitted by unions. This applies to two of the board’s five seats. Each appointee must belong to a union formally chosen to bargain for a group of state workers. These rules would take effect on July 1, 2027.
No hearings or votes scheduled.