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Subcommittee advances bill raising judicial pay and adding accountability measures, including ombudsman office
Summary
House Bill 2712 was amended to raise judges’ statutory salaries by 10% on July 1, 2025, with a further 10% scheduled for July 1, 2027, and to create an ombudsman's office and judicial-education and accountability measures; the subcommittee reported the bill to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
House Bill 2712, relating to the Judicial Department, was amended and recommended by the Public Safety Subcommittee to the full Ways and Means committee with a due-pass recommendation.
The amended measure raises statutory annual salaries for judgeships in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court and Circuit Courts by 10% effective July 1, 2025, and schedules another 10% increase for July 1, 2027. The legislative fiscal presentation said the 2027 increase interacts with any…
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