HB 1509 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts.

HB 1509 changes Mississippi's district attorneys' salary structure, setting their annual pay at 95% of circuit and chancery court judges' salaries starting January 1, 2026. This replaces previous fixed amounts ($134,400 for 2023-2025) with a formula tied to judicial compensation. The bill directly affects all full-time district attorneys and their legal assistants, whose salaries are set at 80-90% of the district attorney's pay based on their legal experience. The change takes effect after the current salary schedule expires, aligning district attorneys' compensation more closely with judicial salaries.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was amended to change the District Attorney salary calculation from a fixed $1,000 reduction to 95% of circuit and chancery judge salaries, and the effective date was removed from Section 2. This change affects how District Attorney compensation is determined and removes the conflicting repeal date that previously made the July 1, 2025 effective date meaningless.

Scope change

The salary calculation method for District Attorneys changed from a fixed dollar amount reduction to a percentage-based calculation relative to judges' salaries.

FISCAL

District Attorney salary calculation changed from $1,000 less than circuit/chancery judge salaries to 95% of those judges' salaries.

TIMELINE

Removed the repeal date (June 30, 2025) from Section 2, leaving only the effective date of July 1, 2025.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes to the bill title and enactment language throughout the document.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

50–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 51

Mar 10, 2025

D Democratic16

15 Yea 1

93% Yea

R Republican35

35 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 17, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

executive

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Report Adopted

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference Report Filed

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed As Amended

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed As Amended

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations A

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor