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Committee advances bill adjusting district court personnel salaries
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 1662, which updates permitted salaries and related requirements for district-court personnel statewide; sponsor Representative Dolby said the bill incorporates local changes submitted by house members after a two-week review period.
Representative Dolby presented House Bill 16-62 to the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying the measure "is regarding the salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts." She described it as a comprehensive bill circulated to House members for a two-week review and updated to reflect changes requested by local quorum courts and city councils.
Committee members asked how the dollar amounts were changed and whether the Bureau of Legislative Research drafted the original bill. Dolby said BLR drafted the bill and that representatives who wanted changes worked with their local governing bodies, then submitted written edits to BLR for confirmation. "How the process is is the BLR drafted the entire bill, and then we put it out there for house members," she said.
There was no public testimony for or against the bill. After closing, Dolby asked for a motion "to do pass as amended." A motion to pass as amended was offered, seconded, and carried by voice vote. The committee recorded the passage and the bill will proceed as amended.
What happens next: The bill passed out of committee by voice vote; the committee did not record roll-call tallies in the transcript. Any further amendments or floor action will be handled in subsequent stages of the legislative process.
