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Judiciary budget overview: $373.4 million total; judges' compensation and problem-solving courts highlighted
Summary
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Corrections and Judiciary received a fiscal 2025 overview from House Fiscal Agency analyst Robin Risco showing a $373.4 million judiciary appropriation, with the largest share devoted to judicial salaries and grants for problem-solving courts.
Robin Risco, fiscal analyst with the House Fiscal Agency, presented the judiciary budget to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Corrections and Judiciary, describing how the $373.4 million appropriation is distributed and why it differs from executive-branch budgets.
"The judiciary budget is a bit different from all other state departments' budgets," Risco said, noting the constitutional separation of powers and that the legislature appropriates funds but cannot direct judicial decisions.
Why it matters: The judiciary’s operating budget supports the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, trial courts, judicial salaries and grant programs for local courts. Several grant programs fund…
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