SB 1122 Summary

• Repeals the existing state personnel system (Title 41, Chapter 4, Articles 4 and 5) and replaces it with a new personnel system framework establishing the director of the department of administration as responsible for personnel administration.

• Creates new provisions for state employee compensation, classification, examinations, probation, performance evaluation, and disciplinary procedures, including grounds for dismissal such as incompetency, dishonesty, neglect of duty, and misuse of state property.

• Establishes the state personnel board with five members to hear appeals from covered state employees regarding dismissal, suspension over forty working hours, or demotion resulting from disciplinary action.

• Modifies multiple state agency director appointment processes by requiring selection committees to submit qualified candidate lists to the governor, and establishes term limits (typically four to six years) for various agency directors rather than serving at the governor's pleasure.

• Makes corresponding amendments across numerous state statutes to align agency director appointments, compensation determinations, and employee procedures with the new personnel system framework.