Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, increases base salaries for trial and appellate level judges and supreme court justices effective September 1, 2030; revises compensation and other requirements for general sessions judges on or after September 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-103; Title 16 and Title 67.

HB 2494 increases base salaries for Tennessee judges and justices starting September 1, 2030, affecting all trial, appellate, and supreme court judges. It establishes new salary tiers: supreme court chief justices receive class 1 official pay (with associates $5,000 less), appellate judges get $7,500 less than associates, and chancellors/circuit judges get $10,000 less than appellate judges. The bill also revises how general sessions judge salaries are calculated by reducing county classifications from seven to five population-based tiers (e.g., Class 1 for counties over 49,000 people) and requires counties to adopt a two-thirds resolution to mandate full-time judicial service. These changes apply to all judges in the specified courts and counties on or after the effective date.