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Ways and Means committee receives Judicial Department pay plan proposing phased COLAs and added top step
Summary
The committee acknowledged the Judicial Department's proposed compensation changes: a 2.5% COLA Feb. 1, 2026, a 4% COLA Jan. 1, 2027, and an added top step effective Feb. 1, 2027, with an estimated $15 million cost for the 2025–27 biennium; statutory judgeships were excluded.
The Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means on Oct. 1 received a report from the Judicial Department proposing a phased increase to its personnel pay structure that would add a top salary step and two cost-of-living adjustments. Senator Broadman, reporting for the Public Safety Subcommittee, described a 2.5% COLA effective Feb. 1, 2026, a 4% COLA effective Jan. 1, 2027, and the addition of a top step to each…
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