Law
Salaries of judges
JUDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the salaries of judges.

RS30747 / H0348

This bill sets the annual salary of a Justice of the Supreme Court at $165,212, which is a 3.0% increase of the current salary. As set forth in established Idaho Code, the difference between the salary of a Supreme Court Justice and a Court of Appeals Judge will change from $10,000 to $8,000 (resulting in a 4.5% salary increase for Court of Appeals Judges); the difference between the salary of a Court of Appeals Judge and a District Judge remains at $6,000 (resulting in a 4.7% salary increase for District Judges); and the difference between the salary of a District Judge and a Magistrate Judge will be changed from $12,000 to $8,000 (resulting in a 8.2% salary increase for Magistrate Judges).

The total annual fiscal impact for this increase in salary and associated benefits, which are paid from the general fund, is $1,965,700.

Bill Events
Date Description
03/21 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
03/22 Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
03/23 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 59-9-2
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Skaug, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Price, Redman, Scott, Tanner, Wisniewski
Absent – Horman, Palmer
Floor Sponsor - Manwaring
Title apvd - to Senate
03/24 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
03/27 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/28 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 24-10-1
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow
NAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, Zuiderveld
Absent and excused – Harris
Floor Sponsor - Lakey
Title apvd - to House
03/29 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
03/30 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 30, 2023
04/06 Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2023
Session Law Chapter 294
Effective: 07/01/2023
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