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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1292 By: Thompson (Roger)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employee compensation;
providing for salary increase for certain employees;
specifying amount of salary increase; defining term;
providing salary inc rease to be provided to certain
employee categories; providing for employees on leave
without pay on certain date; providing for certain
reinstated or reemplo yed employees; providing for
exclusion of certain employee categories; providing
for noncodification; providing an effective date ; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A. Effective July 1, 2024, all full-time and part-time officers
and employees, including temporary a nd other limited-term employees,
of the state who were e mployed by the state on the last working day
of June of 2024 shall be awarded an annualized salary increase equal
to nine percent (9%) of the officer’s or employee’s annualized
salary as of June 30, 2024.
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B. As used in this section, “temporary and other limited -term
employees” are those persons who:
1. Are not full-time or permanent employees;
2. Are not otherwise excluded by this section; and
3. Are compensated by an agency, board, commission, or other
department or other employing entity for a limited duration and
without any subjective expectation by either the employer or the
employee that the employment will become perman ent.
C. Except for those person nel specifically excluded from
eligibility for any increase or advancement in salary p ursuant to
this section, the salary increase provided by this se ction shall be
applicable to:
1. Employees of county health departments;
2. Employees of a conservation district; and
3. Employees of the George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute.
D. Employees eligible for the increase provided for in this
section who are on leave without pay on July 1, 2024, shall receive
an annualized increase, eff ective upon their return to work, but
shall not receive any increase for a period of time prior to their
return to work.
E. Employees who leave the state service before July 1, 2024,
and who are reinstated or reemployed in the state service during
July of 2024 without a break in service, who are otherwise eligi ble
for the pay increase provided for in this section, shall be granted
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such raise effective immediately upon such reins tatement or
reemployment. As used in this subsection, “break in service” is
defined as a period of time in excess of thirty (30) calendar days
between two periods of state employ ment.
F. The following officers and employees shall be ineligible for
a pay increase pursuant to this section and nothing, except as
otherwise provided by Section 840 -2.17 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, shall be construed to authorize any increase or
advancement of the salaries of:
1. Any elected official;
2. Any cabinet secretary whose salary is governed by Section
10.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Any agency director;
4. Any justice or judge whose salary is governed by the
provisions of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes or whose
compensation is set by the Board on Judicial Compensation pursuant
to Section 3.4 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Any district attorney whose salary is governed by S ection
215.30 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
6. Officers and employees of institutions under the
administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education, except for officers and employees of the George Nigh
Rehabilitation Institute;
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7. Persons employed p ursuant to Section 2241 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
8. Persons employed pursuant to Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
9. Persons who are employed or under contract p ursuant to
subsection B of Section 1419 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
and
10. The Adjutant General and Assistant Adjutants General
pursuant to Section 27 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
G. No salary increas e pursuant to this section shall be made
that exceeds a salary limitation provided in an agency ’s annual
appropriation bill or salary limits set by statute. Classified
employees eligible for the s alary increase provided for in this
section shall receive such increase even though it causes the
employee’s salary to exceed the maximum for the employee ’s pay band.
H. With respect to any employee who is not a full -time
employee, the salary increase amounts otherwise authorized by
subsection A of this section s hall be prorated using a methodology
applicable to the employee’s compensation, weeks worked, months
worked, hours worked , or similar method.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by rea son whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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