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Judiciary priorities: committee weighs judges’ pay, courtroom audio upgrades and new treatment courts
Summary
The division reviewed the Judicial Branch budget (Senate Bill 2002), discussing requests to raise judges’ compensation to midpoint levels, a 3% pay‑plan adjustment, courtroom audio/video upgrades, interpreter funding, treatment courts, guardian ad litem staffing and several new FTE requests.
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division reviewed the Judicial Branch budget (Senate Bill 2002), with Representative Hansen outlining the branch’s priority list and committee members probing salary comparisons, operational needs and new positions.
Hansen said the branch requested funds to raise judges’ compensation to the national midpoint; doing so would cost about $2.1 million, and the Senate’s version fell roughly $236,000 short of that figure. Members asked whether comparisons to other states included benefits; staff said the branch’s worksheet suggested fringe was included but committed to confirm the basis of the national…
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