The proposed legislation, General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7047, mandates the automatic posting of job vacancies within specific state departments and educational systems. Effective July 1, 2025, the bill requires that any vacancy in positions not appointed by the Governor or a member of the General Assembly within the Department of Public Health, Department of Children and Families, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Revenue Services, Department of Correction, or the Labor Department, as well as teaching positions within the Technical Education and Career System, must be advertised within ten days of the vacancy occurring. Additionally, the bill specifies that these provisions will not interfere with any existing collective bargaining agreements that are in effect as of July 1, 2025. The new legal language introduced in this bill is marked as and includes the effective date and the specific sections being amended, while no deletions from current law are noted.