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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 19, 2026

Legislation that would give 197 judges and chancellors across the state a pay raise is advancing in the state legislature, the Nashville Post reports. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved SB2329 on Feb. 24. The House Civil Justice Subcommittee approved its version of the bill HB2494 on March 11. The full Judiciary Committee was set to take up the bill today but deferred it to next week. The legislation would increase the salaries for supreme court, appellate and trial court judges. It also would restructure the current population-based system that determines compensation for general sessions judges. The change expands that system to include juvenile court judges, while creating a sliding salary scale. Any pay increases would not take effect until 2030 because judges are not allowed to receive pay raises during their term.