HB815 • 2026

State employees; provide for 3% salary increase.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF STATE SERVICE EMPLOYEES BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF THEIR GROSS ANNUAL SALARIES; TO DIRECT THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE SALARY INCREASE; TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE SALARY INCREASES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Labor

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Porter
Last action: 2026-02-03
Official status: Dead
Effective date: Passage

Plain English Breakdown

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Increase State Employee Salaries by 3%

This bill proposes to increase the salaries of state service employees by 3% based on their current annual salary, with specific instructions for part-time workers and adjustments if necessary.

What This Bill Does

Increases the annual compensation of state service employees by 3%. The raise is calculated based on each employee's gross annual salary as of June 30, 2026.
Requires the State Personnel Board to ensure that all eligible employees receive their full salary increase unless doing so would exceed the executive head’s pay in their agency or department.
Adjusts job classification limits if necessary to allow employees to receive the full 3% raise without exceeding their current job's maximum pay level.

Who It Names or Affects

State service employees, including part-time workers who will get a prorated share of the increase based on hours worked.
The State Personnel Board which is responsible for implementing and adjusting salary increases as needed.

Terms To Know

Variable Compensation Plan: A plan that adjusts salaries or bonuses based on performance or other factors, in this case, to provide a 3% increase to state employees.
End Step of Job Classification: The highest pay level allowed for an employee's job position. The bill allows increasing this limit if needed so that all eligible employees can receive their full raise.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and was referred to committee where it died, meaning no further action will be taken on it.
The exact amount of funds required for the salary increases is not specified in the summary text.

Bill History

2026-02-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/03 (H) Died In Committee
2026-01-16 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/16 (H) Referred To State Affairs;Appropriations A

Official Summary Text

State employees; provide for 3% salary increase.

Current Bill Text

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To: State Affairs;
Appropriations A
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Porter

HOUSE BILL NO. 815

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION 1
OF STATE SERVICE EMPLOYEES BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF THEIR GROSS 2
ANNUAL SALARIES; TO DIRECT THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO ENSURE 3
THAT CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE SALARY 4
INCREASE; TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS NECESSARY TO 5
PROVIDE THE SALARY INCREASES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 7
SECTION 1. (1) The State Personnel Board shall adjust the 8
Colonel Guy Groff/Neville Kenning Variable Compensation Plan in a 9
manner that will effectuate an increase in the annual compensation 10
of each state service employee by an amount of three precent (3%) 11
over and above that sum that is the annual compensation of the 12
employee in effect on June 30, 2026, to be effective on July 1, 13
2026. Part-time state employees shall receive a pro rate share of 14
a three percent (3%) salary increase based on the amount of time 15
worked per week. 16
(2) If the increase in compensation provided for in this 17
section would cause any employee's compensation to be in excess of 18
the compensation of the executive head of the state agency or 19
department in which he or she is employed, then that employee's 20
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compensation shall be increased only to the extent that the 21
employee's salary will be equal in amount to the compensation of 22
the executive head. 23
(3) If any state employee is unable to receive the full 24
amount of the salary increase provided for in this section because 25
to award the entire allowable increase would cause that employee's 26
base salary to exceed the end step of his or her particular job 27
classification, the State Personnel Board shall amend the Variable 28
Compensation Plan by increasing the end step of that particular 29
job classification. The increase shall be in an amount necessary 30
to enable all employees in that particular job classification to 31
be eligible to receive the full salary increase to which they are 32
entitled under this section. 33
SECTION 2. The Legislature shall appropriate the funds 34
necessary to provide for the increases in compensation provided 35
for in this act. 36
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from 37
and after its passage. 38