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H 322 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

SALARIES OF JUDGES – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the salary of the justices of the supreme court.

This bill increases the annual salary for Idaho Supreme Court justices to $186,508, effective July 1, 2025. It maintains the existing pay structure where Court of Appeals judges earn $8,000 less than Supreme Court justices, district judges earn $6,000 less than Court of Appeals judges, and magistrate judges earn $8,000 less than district judges. The bill also includes a requirement that judges must swear they have no unresolved cases before receiving salary payments. The changes were signed into law by the Governor and take effect on July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

26–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 21, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
21 Yea 8 Nay 1
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2025 Session Law Chapter 200 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-8-1AYES – Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Lakey, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Adams, Carlson, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – LentFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 57-13-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Ru
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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