By: Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2157          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023;   April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on   Business & Commerce; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the   following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote         COMMITTEE VOTE              YeaNayAbsentPNV          SchwertnerX          KingX          BirdwellX          CampbellX          CreightonX          JohnsonX          KolkhorstX          MenéndezX          MiddletonX          NicholsX          ZaffiriniX     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a   state agency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 659, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 659.2532 to read as follows:          Sec. 659.2532.  TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED   POSITIONS WITH SAME POSITION TITLE WHEN EMPLOYEE IS COMPETITIVELY   SELECTED. (a) In this section, "classified position" means a   position classified under the state's position classification   plan.          (b)  A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after   a transfer may be set at any rate in the appropriate salary group if   the employee:                (1)  transfers within a state agency between two   classified positions that:                      (A)  are allocated to the same salary group; and                      (B)  have the same position title as listed in the   General Appropriations Act;                (2)  transfers to a position for which the employment   opening is publicly listed in accordance with Chapter 656;                (3)  voluntarily applies for the position to which the   employee transfers; and                (4)  agrees to accept the position to which the   employee transfers at the publicly listed salary.          SECTION 2.  Section 659.2532, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a transfer of position that takes effect   on or after September 1, 2023. A transfer of position that takes   effect before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law in effect on   the effective date of the transfer, and the former law is continued   in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *