HB353 Summary

• Removes restrictions on district attorney salary increases by eliminating language requiring salary increases only after term completion, allowing raises based on completion of terms starting after October 1, 2025.

• Sets initial salary for newly appointed or elected district attorneys at $140,000, adjusted for cost-of-living adjustments enacted by the Legislature on or after October 1, 2021.

• Establishes 7.5 percent salary increases for district attorneys after completion of first, second, and third terms, plus any additional cost-of-living adjustments not previously granted.

• Prohibits compensation diminishment for district attorneys serving on October 1, 2025, and makes the $140,000 salary adjustment prospective with no retroactive back pay.

• Makes all amendments effective October 1, 2025, pending ratification of a constitutional amendment protecting district attorney salaries from decrease during their term of office.