Senate Bill 2570 has passed the Senate making it one step closer to becoming law. It  has now been referred to the Fees and Salaries Committee and Appropriations Committees of the House.  It will first be addressed in the Fees and Salaries Committee. If it clears this committee it will then go to the Appropriations Committee.  This bill removes all state employees  from under the State Personnel System for a period of 2 years essentially making them at will employees with no administrative due process rights. They can be terminated without cause and will have no appeal rights.  Review the attached bill. The underlined text contained in section 1 paragraph 4 is the proposed amendment to existing law.

The state already has the necessary process under the current State Personnel Board regulations to reduce the number of state employees if needed, due to budget short falls. There is NO reason to strip all employees of their due process rights to accomplish this.

At the moment it’s the rights of state employees, next it could very well  be the rights of city and county civil service employees. Understand that whether you are a state employee or a city or county civil service employee, your legal protection and right to administrative due process  comes from the legislative acts of this same legislature.   

The passage of this bill must be stopped.  

The Representatives who serve on the Fees and Salaries Committee are listed below. Their contact number can found here.  It is imperative that they be contacted and urged to not pass Senate Bill 2570 out of committee. 

Please click here to view Senate Bill 2570.