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Committee advances $17,000 flat raise for judges in H322 amid concerns it won’t fully close pay gap
Summary
The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted to send H322 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill would provide a flat $17,000 increase to all judicial salaries; court officials said the raise helps but falls short of a market-based $45,000 recommendation and warned recruitment and retention problems may continue.
Representative Bruce Scogg, District 10, presented House Bill H322 to the House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee and urged support for a flat $17,000 raise to every judicial salary. The committee voted to send H322 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation; the motion carried.
The bill matters because the judiciary is reporting fewer applicants and active judges leaving the bench for private practice, which officials say harms the court system’s capacity. "Five years ago the average number of applicants we would receive for an open district judge position was 11. Today, we are only receiving an average of 4.6 applicants…
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