Public Workforce Modernization Act moves through House committee process
RALEIGH — A broad state government and public workforce bill is moving through the North Carolina House after passing the Senate earlier this month.
Senate Bill 1041, titled the “Public Workforce Modernization Act,” is listed on the House Finance Committee agenda for Tuesday, June 30, and also appears on the House Rules, Calendar, and Operations agenda as an anticipated addition. The bill’s latest listed action is referral to the House Finance Committee, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House on June 24.
The bill passed second reading in the Senate on June 18 by a 42-0 vote, according to the General Assembly bill page. The bill is sponsored by Sens. Kevin Corbin, Michael Lee and Todd Johnson, with several additional sponsors.
The scope of the bill is unusually broad. The bill page lists affected chapters involving the courts, Attorney General, public schools, community colleges, the University of North Carolina, state personnel, public health, retirement, transportation, ethics, state agencies, the Department of Information Technology, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Board of Elections, the State Treasurer, the State Controller and other parts of state government.
The General Assembly bill page identifies the measure as public, containing appropriations and local appropriations, with text that has changed. It lists no counties specifically cited, indicating the bill is not limited to a single local jurisdiction.
The bill’s keywords include state employees, employment, personnel, education, community colleges, courts, health services, social services, public health, elections, local government, state agencies, records, confidentiality, budgeting, commissions, boards and state government operations.
Because the measure touches multiple state agencies and public-sector systems, it should be reviewed as a statewide government administration bill rather than a narrow personnel bill. The House Finance review is one step in the House process. If reported favorably and advanced by Rules, the bill could be eligible for further House action.
As of the latest listed action, the bill had not completed House consideration and had not been enacted into law.
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