The Joint Budget Committee on Tuesday adopted the personnel subcommittee report and voted to withhold several personnel items until the Legislature acts on a pay-plan bill.

Senator Bryant, presenting the personnel subcommittee report, said the subcommittee met April 1 and reviewed items listed in constitutional officer letters 1a through 1k and governor letters 2a through 2e. He moved adoption of the report and that the items listed as 1a through 1k be held in the Joint Budget Committee and not released until the passage of Senate Bill 392, described in the meeting as a pay plan by Beau Chambers.

The committee had no questions on the report, members seconded the motion and the committee approved it by voice vote. The chair announced the motion carried.

The hold means the listed personnel actions will not be released from committee until the pay-plan legislation (SB 392) clears the required legislative steps. The committee did not specify a timetable beyond linking release to SB 392’s passage.

Committee members moved on after the vote to consider other bills and reports scheduled on the agenda.

Items referenced in the motion were listed as constitutional officer letters 1a–1k and governor letters 2a–2e in the packet; the committee did not read those items into the record during the brief presentation.