The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 181 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Morris
Present constitution provides that unclassified positions in the state and city civil service system
include: elected officials and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, the heads of each
principal executive department appointed by the governor, the mayor, or the governing authority of
a city, city attorneys, registrars of voters, members of state and city boards, authorities, and
commissions, one private secretary to the president of each college or university, one person holding
a confidential position and one principal assistant or deputy to any officer, board, commission, or
authority as provided in present constitution, members of the military or naval forces, teaching and
professional staffs, and administrative officers of schools, colleges, and universities of the state, and
bona fide students of those institutions employed by any state, parochial, or municipal agency,
employees, deputies, and officers of the legislature and of the offices of the governor, lieutenant
governor, attorney general, each mayor and city attorney, of police juries, school boards, assessors,
and of all offices provided for in present constitution except the offices of clerk of the municipal and
traffic courts in New Orleans, commissioners of elections, watchers, and custodians and deputy
custodians of voting machines, railroad employees whose working conditions and retirement benefits
are regulated by federal agencies in accordance with federal law, and the director, deputy director,
and all employees of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution as to the designation of unclassified
civil service positions.
Present constitutional amendment further provides that additional positions may be added to the
unclassified service and those positions may be revoked by rules adopted by a commission.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution and further provides that positions
may be removed from the classified service as provided by law.
Present constitution provides that the State Civil Service Commission shall be composed of seven
members who are electors of the state and that four members constitute a quorum.
Proposed constitutional amendment retains present constitution.
Present constitutional amendment requires at least one appointed member to be from each
congressional district and provides that an appointment of a member from the state at large is
permitted only when the membership of the body includes a member from each congressional
district.
Proposed constitutional amendment requires at least one member to be appointed from each
congressional district. Present constitution provides that members are appointed by the governor, with consent of the
Senate, for overlapping terms of six years.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that members are appointed by the governor, with
consent of the Senate, for overlapping terms of four years.
Present constitution provides that no person who has served as a commission member for more than
two and one-half terms in three consecutive terms shall be appointed for the succeeding term.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that no member shall serve more than two full terms
and that beginning January 1, 2025, the governor is authorized to assign staggered terms to existing
members and that no member who has served more than two four-year terms shall no longer be
eligible to serve and shall be replaced.
Present constitution provides that the presidents of Centenary College at Shreveport, Dillard
University at New Orleans, Louisiana College at Pineville, Loyola University at New Orleans,
Tulane University of Louisiana at New Orleans, and Xavier University at New Orleans each shall
nominate three persons for consideration by the governor for appointment to the State Civil Service
Commission.
Present constitution further provides that the governor shall appoint one member of the commission
from the three persons nominated by each president and that one member shall be elected by the
classified employees of the state as provided by law.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that the governor shall appoint three members of the
commission from the list of nominees submitted by all of the private college presidents and three
members at-large and retains present constitution as to the member elected by the classified
employees of the state.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 5, 2024.
(Amends Const. Art. X, Sec. 2(B) and 3(B) and (C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Make technical changes.
2. Provide that positions may be removed from the classified service as provided by
law.
3. Provide for the method of appointment of members of the State Civil Service
Commission and the filling of certain vacancies. 4. Provide for term limits of members of the State Civil Service Commission.
5. Revise the ballot language.