A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3155.)

This bill makes changes to how magistrates are appointed and managed, creates a new category of "senior magistrates," and adjusts judicial officer salaries. It shifts magistrate appointments from county-level to judicial election district commissions, modifies commission composition, and changes how magistrate numbers are determined. The bill also allows retired magistrates to serve as senior magistrates under certain conditions and increases the salaries of judges and magistrates.

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