Volume 8 Issue 49

Jurisdiction: Newly Introduced

South Carolina SB 53 Increases civil jurisdiction for Magistrate's Court from $7,500 to $10,000. Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 101 Provides "A court, arbitrator, administrative agency, or other adjudicative, mediation, or enforcement authority may not enforce a foreign law if it would violate a constitutionally guaranteed right of this State or of the United States. The provisions of this section apply only to actual or foreseeable violations of the constitutional rights of a person caused by the application of the foreign law." Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 125 Provides "No court located in this State may convict a person for an alleged violation of a federal act, law, executive order, rule, regulation, or other action that violates true meaning and intention of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution." Prefiled.

Texas HB 413 Prohibits state's courts from enforcing or finding valid federal laws or court orders that infringe on the Second Amendment. Provides "Each state court...shall protect a law-abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms." Prefiled.

Jurisdiction: Floor and Committee Activity

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Qualifications and Terms: Newly Introduced

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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

Texas HB 436 Prohibits any state agency, including the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency, from misidentifying a "regulatory tax" as a "fee", "surcharge", "assessment", or "penalty". Provides definition of term "tax" for these purposes. Prefiled.

Salary and Budget: Floor and Committee Activity

Ohio SJR 9 (Constitutional Amendment) (2014) Creates salary commission to recommend increases or decreases in salaries for judges and other public officials. Eliminates provision that judges' salaries "shall not be diminished during their term of office." Approved by full Senate 12/4/14.

Selection: Newly Introduced

Kentucky HB 63 Establishes clean judicial elections fund for use in races for Supreme Court. Provides for funding via income tax designation & voluntary contributions. Prefiled.

Montana D. 322 Repeals law prohibiting political party endorsement of judicial candidates. Draft requested.

South Carolina SB 1 Prohibits legislator from being elected to judgeship within 2 years of leaving office. Prohibits legislator from pledging to support/vote for judicial candidate until after Judicial Merit Selection Commission makes its report to full legislature. (In South Carolina, judges of top courts are elected by legislature). Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 74 Prohibits legislator from being elected to judgeship within 2 years of leaving office. Prohibits legislator from pledging to support/vote for judicial candidate until after Judicial Merit Selection Commission makes its report to full legislature. (In South Carolina, judges of top courts are elected by legislature). Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 99 (Constitutional Amendment) For Magistrate's court, ends practice where governor appoints with consent of senate. Provides Magistrates to be appointed by Circuit Court judges in the circuit. Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 104 Prohibits legislator from being elected to judgeship within 20 years of leaving office. (In South Carolina, judges of top courts are elected by legislature). Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 111 (Constitutional Amendment) Ends legislative election of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Circuit judges. Allows governor to appoint to fill courts subject to senate confirmation. Prefiled.

South Carolina SB 112 Ends legislative election of Family Court judges. Allows governor to appoint to fill courts subject to senate confirmation. Prefiled.

Selection: Floor and Committee Activity

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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced

Texas HB 427 Provides if Judicial Districts Board fails to draw judicial district lines, Texas Redistricting Commission may do so. Prefiled.

Structure Changes: Floor and Committee Activity

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Other: Newly Introduced

Missouri SB 66 Removes Supreme Courts power to try impeachments and places it in the Senate. Prefiled.

Missouri SJR 4 (Constitutional Amendment) Removes Supreme Courts power to try impeachments and places it in the Senate. Prefiled. 

South Carolina SB 67 Authorizes all Family Courts to create a Drug/Alcohol Recovery Court program. Prefiled. 

Other: Floor and Committee Activity

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