A bill which would've increased jury pay faltered in the state Senate this week after previously being passed in the House.
House Bill 2014, aimed to increase the pay for the first day of jury service from $6 to $20, and from $40 to $58 on subsequent days. The bill passed on April 27, in the Texas House but faltered in the Senate.The bill maintained the same proportion between the state and county share of the reimbursement, requiring the state to reimburse counties $14 for each juror, versus currently no state share on day 1 and $52 for each juror, versus the current $34 reimbursement per juror for subsequent days.
"We require that ordinary citizens give us their time to make sure justice is served and, yet, we pay them just enough to buy a cup of coffee," District Clerk Burgess said.
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