Jurisdiction: Newly Introduced
Missouri HJR 62 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides all federal laws may be subject to review referendum. Provides if voters reject a federal law, Missouri courts are prohibited from enforcement and must transfer any cases involving the law to federal court. Prefiled.
South Carolina HB 4513 Prohibits state's courts from giving "force or effect to any court order that has the effect of violating South Carolina's laws protecting natural marriage." Prefiled.
Jurisdiction: Floor and Committee Activity
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Qualifications and Terms: Newly Introduced
New Hampshire HB 1127 Requires referees, marital referees, or marital masters serving in the superior courts and the circuit courts who are not former or retired judges to be commissioned as justices of the peace. In House Judiciary Committee.
Qualifications and Terms: Floor and Committee Activity
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Rule Making Authority: Newly Introduced
New Hampshire CACR 13 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides that the chief justice of the supreme court shall make rules governing employees of the courts and the practice and procedure to be followed in the courts. Strikes provision that such rules "shall have the force and effect of law." In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire CACR 15 (Constitutional Amendment) Deletes the provision that rules made by the chief justice of the supreme court have the force and effect of law. In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1522 Adopts Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as law. In House Judiciary Committee.
Rule Making Authority: Floor and Committee Activity
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Salary and Budget: Newly Introduced
Florida SB 924 Recreates planning and budgeting provisions for the judicial branch. Creates "Judicial Branch Budgeting Act". Requires the judicial branch to submit its complete legislative budget requests directly to the Legislature with a copy to the Governor by a certain date. In Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1575 Prohibits the supreme court from establishing court fees for civil cases and appeals of civil cases which are actions against governmental entities or officials or employees of governmental entities. In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1582 Eliminates the weighted caseload method of compensation for part-time district and probate court judges and requires them to be paid the same salaries as full-time judges. Prefiled.
Virginia SB 50 Increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a local governing body may assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs in a criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to fund courthouse and courtroom security. Prefiled.
Salary and Budget: Floor and Committee Activity
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Selection: Newly Introduced
New Mexico SB 12 Makes changes to public financing of judicial campaigns. Prefiled.
South Carolina HB 4402 Ends practice of legislature electing judges and replaces with partisan elections. Prefiled.
South Carolina HB 4517 Revises membership of Judicial Merit Selection Commission to provide governor may make appointments to commission. Provides commission to submit all qualified candidates to legislature for election. Prefiled.
Selection: Floor and Committee Activity
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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced
Missouri SB 733 Provides that when an annual judicial performance report indicates for three consecutive years that a judicial circuit with a population of one hundred thousand people or more is in need of four or more full-time judicial positions then, subject to appropriations, there shall be one additional circuit judge position authorized in that circuit. Prefiled.
Virginia HB 96 Establishes the Problem-Solving Court Act. Allows the establishment of problem-solving courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system. Establishes a state problem-solving court docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such courts to establish local advisory committees. Prefiled.
Virginia SB 26 Establishes the Problem-Solving Court Act. Allows the establishment of problem-solving courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system. Establishes a state problem-solving court docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such courts to establish local advisory committees. Prefiled.
Structure Changes: Floor and Committee Activity
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Other: Newly Introduced
Florida HB 815 Revises provisions concerning filing of decisions of Supreme Court & DCAs & their judges. Transfers headquarters of 2d Appellate District. Removes requirement that clerk of DCA keep records at headquarters office. Requires such clerk to have office at headquarters. In House Judiciary Committee.
Missouri HB 1685 Allows the presiding judge of certain circuits to appoint a circuit court marshal Prefiled.
Missouri SB 718 Removes Supreme Court's power to try impeachments, except for the governor, and places it in the Senate. Prefiled.
Missouri SJR 24 (Constitutional Amendment) Removes Supreme Court's power to try impeachments, except for the governor, and places it in the Senate. Prefiled.
New Hampshire HB 1217 Requires meetings of judicial council be publicized 10 days prior to occurring and be open to allow any member of the public to speak on any issue. In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1270 Provides judges must get precisely worded jury nullification instruction: "The test you must use is this: If you have a reasonable doubt as to whether the state has proved any one or more of the elements of the crime charged, you must find the defendant not guilty. If you find that the law does not apply to the proven facts of the case, you must find the defendant not guilty. However, if you find, that the state has proved all of the elements of the offense charged beyond a reasonable doubt, but you find that based upon the facts of this case a guilty verdict will yield an unjust result, you may find the defendant not guilty." In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1333 Provides judges must get precisely worded jury nullification instructions. In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1386 Creates legislative procedure for a member of the legislature to introduce a citizen’s petition for redress of grievances to include removing judges from office. In House Judiciary Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1513 Transfers various powers from clerk of court to register of probate. In House Municipal and County Government Committee.
New Hampshire HB 1546 Permits the audio recording of a public servant including judges in performing a public function. Prefiled.
New Hampshire HJR 4 Requires payment of $42,500, plus interest at 10 percent per annum compounded daily, to Joseph Haas. Said sum shall be a charge against the faithful performance bond of the supreme court clerk Prefiled.
New Hampshire HJR 6 Requires payment of the sum of $150 to Edward Brown. Said sum shall be a charge against the faithful performance bond of the superior court clerk. Prefiled.
New Hampshire HR 18 Directing the House Judiciary committee to investigate former superior court justices Robert Morrill and James O'Neill and retired Grafton county superior court clerk Robert Muh for violations of law and constitutions. Prefiled.
Wisconsin AB 585 Requires a judge or justice to disqualify himself or herself from presiding over or deciding a legal proceeding or action if a reasonable person would question whether the judge or justice could act in an impartial manner. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AB 586 Requires a judge or justice who does not disqualify himself or herself after a motion for disqualification is filed by a party in the action to file in writing the reasons he or she did not disqualify himself or herself. Provides a judge or justice must file the reasons for disqualification or for deciding against disqualification within 60 days after a final judgment or final order has been issued in the action. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AB 587 Provides that, in cases where the supreme court is equally divided on the question of appropriate discipline or action, the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of the panel of judges are binding on the disciplined or disabled judge or court commissioner. Clarifies that, in those cases of discipline or permanent disability that are heard by a jury, the supreme court must review the jury verdict and recommendations of the presiding judge. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AB 588 Requires a judge to disqualify himself or herself from an action if, as a candidate for judicial office and within the past four years, the judge received campaign financial support of $1,000 or more from a party to the action. Specifies that financial support includes campaign contributions, independent contributions made on behalf of the judge, and independent contributions made against the judge's opponent. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AB 589 Provides that, if a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice denies a motion to disqualify himself or herself from an action, the supreme court may review that decision to deny the motion, and may either affirm or reverse the justice's decision. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AB 590 Provides that whenever an interested contributor makes a political contribution to a court of appeals, circuit, or municipal judge or supreme court justice in a pending civil or criminal action or proceeding over which the judge or justice is presiding, or to the personal campaign or authorized support committee of a judge or justice, the contributor must, within five days of the date that the contribution is made, notify the judge or justice and every party other than the interested contributor to the action or proceeding, in writing, of the fact that the contribution has been made and the date and amount of the contribution. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AJR 88 (Constitutional Amendment) In judicial disciplinary cases, requires that the supreme court assign on a temporary basis a court of appeals judge to aid in the proper disposition of judicial disciplinary proceedings in the supreme court to provide an odd number of justices for the consideration of the proceedings. Provides person assigned must be the most senior court of appeals judge eligible to be assigned. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin AJR 89 (Constitutional Amendment) Provides that a supreme court justice is subject to discipline by a panel of three court of appeals judges, rather than the supreme court. In Assembly Judiciary Committee
Other: Floor and Committee Activity
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