SB 2477 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

District Attorneys; increase salaries of.

SB 2477 would increase salaries for Mississippi's full-time district attorneys, setting current rates ($125,900) through 2022, raising them to $134,400 starting January 2023, and eventually aligning them at 90% of circuit judge pay by July 2025. It also establishes salary ranges for legal assistants based on their years licensed: 80% for under five years, 85% for 5-14 years, and 90% for 15+ years. The bill directly affects district attorneys and their legal assistants statewide. The proposed changes would take effect in phases, with the final rate taking effect July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change its title from increasing District Attorney salaries to increasing judicial salaries, and the substantive content was updated to reflect judicial compensation rather than District Attorney compensation. The bill now focuses on fixing annual salaries for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, chancery, and circuit judges, with specific amounts and funding sources, while District Attorney salary provisions were removed.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from increasing District Attorney salaries to increasing judicial salaries across multiple court levels (Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, chancery, and circuit courts).

SCOPE

The bill title and primary purpose changed from increasing District Attorney salaries to increasing judicial salaries for various court positions.

All provisions related to District Attorney salaries and legal assistant compensation were removed from the bill.

FISCAL

Specific salary amounts were established for Supreme Court justices (ranging from $173,800 to $181,491), Court of Appeals judges (ranging from $158,500 to $169,349), and chancery/circuit judges (ranging from $149,000 to $158,000) effective January 1, 2023.

Salary funding sources were specified as the State General Fund and Judicial System Operation Fund, with minimum amounts that must be paid from general fund monies for each position.

TIMELINE

District Attorney salary provisions were removed and replaced with judicial salary provisions, with new effective dates of January 1, 2023, and July 1, 2025 for certain provisions.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirements for Supreme Court justices to perform extra duties in judicial education, intervention courts, and electronic filing systems with additional compensation.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic16

16 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican35

35 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations A

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To House

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

upper

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor