The Texas House gave bipartisan approval to legislation already approved in the Senate that will increase pay for judges for the first time in a decade, while adding new transparency, efficiency, and accountability requirements and changing the composition of a state judicial oversight board.
“Members, this is a big bill, and it’s one that your judges deserved and worked hard for and waited too long for,” said Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) while laying out Senate Bill (SB) 293 during a Memorial Day session in the Texas House.
