HB 2309 — Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.

What this bill does

Prohibits the Office of Financial Management from including in a comprehensive compensation plan the requirement for a postgraduate degree as the only way to demonstrate qualifications for a particular role unless the degree is required by law for an employee to perform the essential functions of a classification.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 29, 2026
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2026
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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