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Sponsor says SB405 would raise magistrate-court threshold to $50,000 to reduce attorney costs for litigants
Summary
Committee members discussed SB405, which a sponsor described as raising the magistrate-court jurisdictional threshold from $15,000 to $50,000 so more people could represent themselves without paying attorney fees.
Senators discussed Senate Bill 405 during the session. Speaker 1 and Speaker 10 identified the bill and summarized its effect: raising the magistrate-court jurisdictional threshold from $15,000 to $50,000. "That's taken magistrate court from 15,000 to 50,000," Speaker 1 said, and Speaker 10 added that the change "simply raises the threshold for magistrate court, allowing folks to represent themselves without incurring the cost of an attorney."
The bill was among those placed on the committee's agenda for consideration. The committee approved the agenda by voice vote and adjourned; no committee vote on SB405 itself was recorded in the hearing.
