Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a legal crisis.

The agreement struck Wednesday "balances sustainable rate increases for private bar advocates with continuing fiscal and federal uncertainty," Beacon Hill Democrats said.

A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate passed ( S 2575 ), which would give attorneys taking on cases as a public defender for indigent people a $10 an hour pay raise with an additional $10 raise the following year.