HB 2309: Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.
Signed into law: Chapter 38, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Leavitt
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 38 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 14, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
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, 202697 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202648 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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