Jurisdiction: Newly Introduced
Arizona HB 2024 Prohibits state courts from enforcing U.S. Supreme Court decisions unless decision is enacted by Congress. Prefiled.
Indiana SB 29 Prohibits courts from making use of foreign or international law. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jurisdiction: Floor and Committee Activity
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Qualifications and Terms: Newly Introduced
Indiana HB 1039 Repeals 2015 law. Once again allows non-attorney judges in Town and City courts. In House Judiciary Committee.
Indiana SB 81 Allows a senior judge or a judge pro tempore serving in a county that has more than one superior court judge to, with the consent of any judge of a superior court in the county, sit as the judge of the superior court in any matter as if the senior judge or judge pro tempore were the elected judge or appointed judge of the superior court. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
Utah HJR 1 (Constitutional Amendment) Requires judges of courts not of record be attorneys, 25 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of Utah for at least 3 years. Prefiled.
Qualifications and Terms: Floor and Committee Activity
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Rule Making Authority: Newly Introduced
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Rule Making Authority: Floor and Committee Activity
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Salary and Budget: Newly Introduced
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Salary and Budget: Floor and Committee Activity
New Hampshire HB 1676 Allows for the attachment, assignment, or execution on 1/2 of the amount of benefits accruing to a person under the judicial retirement plan In House Judiciary Committee.
Selection: Newly Introduced
Arizona HB 2039 Provides for election of judges. Provides all judges to make same salary as state legislators. Makes law contingent on adoption of constitutional amendment ending merit selection in state. Prefiled.
Nebraska LB 779 Allows for counties to change partisan elections for clerks of court and other county offices to nonpartisan. In Senate Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
New Hampshire CACR 15 (Constitutional Amendment) Ends appointment of judges and replaces with elections. In House Judiciary Committee.
Selection: Floor and Committee Activity
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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced
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.
Structure Changes: Floor and Committee Activity
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Other: Newly Introduced
Arizona HB 2004 Requires those courts that have a "publicly accessible and searchable case record database" post "a clear and concise disposition" for each case within 30 days of final disposition. Prefiled.
New Hampshire HB 1677 Abolishes the supreme court general counsel position and the judicial council. Transfers the judicial council's duties relative to public defenders and counsel and guardians ad litem for the indigent to the department of justice. In House Judiciary Committee.
Utah SB 42 Requires the Judicial Council to direct courts to give notice to the public when court proceedings are being recorded. Prefiled.
Virginia HB 442 Allows the Judicial Council to determine when the circuit courts are open subject to the current allowances in the Code for holidays and safety concerns. In House Courts of Justice Committee.
Other: Floor and Committee Activity
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