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2025-2026 Session Introduced by Jonathan Almond and 4 co-sponsors

HB 123 would raise the maximum daily pay for grand and petit jurors, boosting compensation for jurors and potentially increasing court costs; it died in committee.

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Main purpose and intent

HB 123 sought to raise the statutory maximum daily fee paid to jurors—both grand jurors and petit (trial) jurors—so that juror compensation would be increased from the current statutory cap. The stated intent behind such bills is typically to (1) improve juror recruitment and retention, (2) better compensate citizens for time and lost wages while serving, and (3) bring statutory rates more in line with inflation and contemporary cost-of-living expectations.

Key provisions (as described in bill title and metadata)

Amend statutory language that sets the maximum daily fee payable to:

Grand jurors; and
Petit jurors (trial jurors).

Increase the maximum allowable daily amount the courts, counties, or state may pay.

The bill did not reach final passage; the text and any specific dollar amounts or phase‑in rules were not provided in the materials supplied.

Note: The legislative documents provided with the request include multiple unrelated HB 123 texts from other jurisdictions and subject areas (pharmacy board, education, correctional training commission, etc.). Those documents do not appear to contain the enacted or proposed text for this juror‑fee HB 123. No specific fee amounts, indexing provisions, or funding offsets for the juror fee increase were available in the materials provided.

Who would be affected

Primary: Grand jurors and petit jurors (citizens summoned for jury service) — would receive higher daily pay if the change had been enacted.

Courts and counties (or the state, depending on statutory funding structure): responsible for paying increased juror compensation; budgets could see increased expenditures.

Employers: indirect effects if higher juror pay changes patterns of employer compensation or leave practices.

Taxpayers: if local or state budgets fund the increase, public expenditures would rise.

Fiscal and procedural/timeline aspects

Fiscal impact: likely an increase in state and/or local government expenditures proportional to the amount of the fee increase and the number of juror service days; no fiscal note or cost estimate for this specific bill was provided.

Procedural status: introduced August 15, 2025; the bill died in committee (no further action enacted during that session).

Next procedural steps (had it remained active): committee hearings → committee vote → floor consideration → concurrence/conciliation if amended by second chamber → governor’s action.

Notes and recommendations

The available packet did not include the bill’s full text or specific dollar increases. If you want a precise impact analysis or a full summary of provisions (exact amounts, effective dates, appropriation language, indexing, or exemptions), please provide the bill’s full text or the legislative fiscal note for this specific HB 123.

I can draft a concise fiscal estimate template and suggest statutory language options (flat increase, phased increases, or CPI‑indexing) if you’re preparing a refile or follow‑up bill.

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