New Jersey lawmakers took another step toward awarding the state’s justices, judges, cabinet officers and county prosecutors a raise.

The Assembly Appropriations Committee on March 22 voted 6-3 to approve A-3685, sponsored by Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex. The three Republicans on the committee—Kevin Rooney of Passaic County, Harold Wirths of Sussex County and Samuel Thompson of Ocean County—voted against the bill.