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Committee approves raising justice-court jurisdictional limit to $5,000
Summary
The committee approved a bill to raise the justice-court jurisdictional threshold from $3,500 to $5,000, a change sponsors said would benefit businesses and litigants and followed discussions with circuit clerks and justice-court judges.
Chair presented a short bill to raise the justice-court jurisdictional limit from $3,500 to $5,000, saying state clerks and judges were consulted and that $5,000 represented a compromise acceptable to stakeholders. No significant opposition was recorded.
The committee voted the title sufficient and the bill was ordered 'do pass.' The chair noted further conversations about fee impacts and the possibility of revisiting the threshold after data collection.
