HB 1657: DHRD; CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS; STATE DEPARTMENTS, DIVISIONS, AND AGENCIES; RECRUITMENT AND HIRING; RULES
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-01-20
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-01-26: Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Version:
Authorizes state departments,
divisions, and agencies to elect to assume hiring and
recruitment functions from the Department of Human Resources
Development for
vacant civil service positions
within that department, division, or agency under certain conditions.
Requires the Department of Human
Resources Development to adopt rules. Repeals existing law authorizing state
departments, divisions, and agencies to conduct minimum qualification review of
applicants for their vacant civil service positions.