This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM by housengrossing.
Representative Rosemary T. Lesser proposes the following substitute bill:


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EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS

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2024 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Rosemary T. Lesser

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Senate Sponsor: Todd D. Weiler

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies requirements related to compensation of executive branch
10     employees.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     requires that compensation be based on the relative ability, knowledge, and skills of
14     an employee and not on compensation paid for previous employment; and
15          ▸     prohibits an executive branch employer from requesting that an employee or
16     prospective employee disclose compensation paid to the employee or prospective
17     employee for previous employment.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
21          None
22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     AMENDS:
24          63A-17-104, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 344
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 63A-17-104 is amended to read:
28          63A-17-104. Discriminatory or prohibited employment practices.
29          (1) The state, the state's officers, and employees shall be governed by the provisions of
30     Section 34A-5-106 of the Utah Antidiscrimination Act concerning discriminatory or prohibited
31     employment practices.
32          (2) (a) As used in this Subsection (2):
33          (i) "State employer" means a state executive branch agency, including the State Tax
34     Commission, the National Guard, and the Board of Pardons and Parole.
35          (ii) "State employer" does not include:
36          (A) an institute of higher education;
37          (B) the Utah Board of Higher Education;
38          (C) the State Board of Education;
39          (D) an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102;
40          (E) the Office of the Attorney General;
41          (F) the Office of the State Auditor; or
42          (G) the Office of the State Treasurer.
43          (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), a state employer:
44          (i) shall provide for equitable and competitive compensation, based on the relative
45     ability, knowledge, and skills of an employee Ĥ→ [
and not based on compensation paid for previous
46     employment
] ←Ĥ
; and
47          (ii) may not request that an employee or prospective employee disclose compensation
48     paid to the employee or prospective employee for previous employment.
49          (c) Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to an employee described in Subsection
50     63A-17-301(1)(a).
51          Section 2. Effective date.
52          This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.