HB1753 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 21-5-208 to establish and update classification titles and salary grades for state agency positions, effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023.

• Updates the General Salaries pay table with salary ranges for grades GS1 through GS15, maintaining the same compensation structure effective from July 1, 2017.

• Modifies demotion pay procedures to allow up to 10% pay decrease without prior approval, requires approval for decreases less than 10%, and permits voluntary acceptance of larger pay reductions.

• Adjusts position pool allocations: reduces the reclassification pool from 1,000 to 700 positions, increases the central growth pool from 200 to 500 positions, and increases the constitutional officers/General Assembly growth pool from 10 to 20 positions.

• Declares an emergency effective July 1, 2021, citing the necessity of implementing the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act to ensure continued state services and operations.