SB 166

Mar 17, 2025 · House · Final Passage

Outcome: passed

Yea: 90

Nay: 32

Absent: 3

AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE

Removing Degree Requirements for State Jobs Without Worker Protections

This bill bars state agencies from requiring college degrees for most government jobs and promotions, replacing them with experience-based criteria. While skills-based hiring sounds good on paper, state employee unions raised serious concerns that removing degree requirements without safeguards could lead to wage compression, downgrading of job classifications, and lower pay for experienced workers. The bill also lacks any enforcement mechanism, leaving state workers with no way to hold agencies accountable if they misapply the law.

Vote Weight: 5x

Yea (90)

Name	Party	District
Adam Smith	R	120
Adam Turk	R	117
Allen Reavis	R	63
Angela Stiens	R	39
Angelina Roeser	R	67
Avery Anderson	R	72
Barb Wasinger	R	111
Bill Rhiley	R	80
Bill Sutton	R	43
Blake Carpenter	R	81
Bob Lewis	R	123
Bradley Barrett	R	76
Brett Fairchild	R	113
Brian Bergkamp	R	93
Carl Turner	R	28
Carrie Barth	R	5
Charlotte Esau	R	14
Chip VanHouden	R	26
Chris Croft	R	8
Chuck Smith	R	3
Clarke Sanders	R	69
Cyndi Howerton	R	98
Dale Helwig	R	1
Dan Goddard	R	7
Daniel Hawkins	R	100
Dan Osman	D	48
David Buehler	R	40
Dawn Wolf	R	107
Doug Blex	R	12
Duane Droge	R	13
Emil Bergquist	R	91
Francis Awerkamp	R	61
Fred Gardner	R	9
Gary White	R	115
Jason W. Goetz	R	119
Jesse Borjon	R	52
Jill Ward	R	105
Jim Minnix	R	118
Joe Seiwert	R	101
John Resman	R	121
Ken Corbet	R	54
Kenneth Collins	R	2
Ken Rahjes	R	110
Kevin Schwertfeger	R	114
Kristey Williams	R	77
Kyle Hoffman	R	116
Kyle McNorton	R	50
Kyler Sweely	R	102
Lance W. Neelly	R	42
Laura Williams	R	30
Lauren Bohi	R	15
Leah Howell	R	82
Leo Delperdang	R	94
Lewis "Bill" Bloom	R	64
Lisa M. Moser	R	106
Lon Pishny	R	122
Marty Long	R	124
Megan Steele	R	51
Mike King	R	74
Nathan Butler	R	68
Nick Hoheisel	R	97
Pam Curtis	D	32
Pat Proctor	R	41
Patrick Penn	R	85
Paul Waggoner	R	104
Rebecca Schmoe	R	59
Representative Hill	R	113
Representative Thompson	R	37
Rick James	R	4
Rick Wilborn	R	73
Robyn R. Essex	R	78
Ronald Ellis	R	47
Ron Bryce	R	11
Rui Xu	D	25
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	6
Sandy Pickert	R	88
Sean Tarwater	R	27
Sean Willcott	R	62
Shannon Francis	R	125
Shawn Chauncey	R	65
Sherri Brantley	R	112
Steve Huebert	R	90
Steven K. Howe	R	71
Susan Estes	R	87
Susan Humphries	R	99
Timothy Johnson	R	38
Tom Kessler	R	96
Troy Waymaster	R	109
Webster T. Roth	R	79
Will Carpenter	R	75

Nay (31)

Name	Party	District
Alexis Simmons	D	58
Angela Martinez	D	103
Barbara Ballard	D	44
Brandon Woodard	D	108
Brooklynne Mosley	D	46
Cindy Neighbor	D	18
Ford Carr	D	84
Heather Meyer	D	29
Henry Helgerson	D	83
Jarrod Ousley	D	24
Jerry Stogsdill	D	21
Jo Ella Hoye	D	17
John Alcala	D	57
KC Ohaebosim	D	89
Linda Featherston	D	16
Lindsay Vaughn	D	22
Louis Ruiz	D	31
Lynn Melton	D	36
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	20
Mark Schreiber	R	60
Melissa Oropeza	D	37
Mike Amyx	D	45
Nikki McDonald	D	49
Silas Miller	D	86
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton	D	19
Susan Ruiz	D	23
Sydney Carlin	D	66
Tobias Schlingensiepen	D	55
Valdenia Winn	D	34
Virgil Weigel	D	56
Wanda Brownlee Paige	D	35

Absent (3)

Name	Party	District
John Carmichael	D	92
Kirk Haskins	D	53
Tom Sawyer	D	95