Jurisdiction: Newly Introduced
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Jurisdiction: Floor and Committee Activity
Montana SB 97 Prohibits court use of foreign or international law. Vetoed by Governor 4/6/17.
Texas HB 45 Provides that a ruling of a court, arbitrator, or administrative adjudicator may not be based on a law of a jurisdiction outside of the United States if the application of the law would violate a right guaranteed by the United States or Texas Constitution and would render void any contract clause requiring the use of foreign law or a foreign forum and would prohibit removal of any action filed in Texas by a Texas resident if the resulting application of law would violate a right guaranteed by the United States or Texas Constitution. Approved as amended by House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee 4/18/17.
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
Maine HP 1006 Ends Judicial Compensation Commission. Provides State Compensation Commission to make recommendations for the salaries of the governor and judges. In Joint State and Local Government Committee.
Salary and Budget: Floor and Committee Activity
Colorado SB 288 Decouples compensation for state legislators from judges' compensation. Approved as amended by full Senate 4/17/17.
Florida HB 7051 Removes duties of Legislative Budget Commission regarding budgets of Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation & clerks of court. Approved by House Judiciary Committee 4/13/17.
Florida SB 2506 Requires that certain filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings be deposited into clerks of the circuit court fine and forfeiture funds, rather than into the General Revenue Fund. Amended by full House, Acceded to convene Budget Conference 4/13/17.
Nevada AJR 10 (Constitutional Amendment) Creates Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Certain Elected Officers to set salaries for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, and other state and local officials. Provides Commission's recommendations are binding. Approved by Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee 4/14/17.
Selection: Newly Introduced
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Selection: Floor and Committee Activity
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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced
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Structure Changes: Floor and Committee Activity
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Other: Newly Introduced
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Other: Floor and Committee Activity
Colorado HB 1132 ORIGINAL: Provides in civil cases, judge subject to motion to recuse must grant motion or refer motion to chief judge. AMENDED: Provides in civil cases, judge subject to motion to recuse may rule on motion. Allows for interlocutory appeal to higher court (County Court to District Court, District Court to Court of Appeals). Approved as amended by full House 4/20/17.
Florida SB 748 Removes Supreme Court control of Court Education Trust Fund and transfers to Florida Court Educational Council. Approved by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee 4/13/17.
Hawaii SCR 126 Requests judiciary convene task force to examine pretrial practices and procedures. Approved as amended by House Public Safety Committee 4/13/17.
Louisiana HB 162 Prohibits the filing of a false lien against judges, state officers, and state employees. Approved by House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee 4/19/17.
Missouri SJR 5 (Constitutional Amendment) Removes Supreme Court's power to try impeachments, except for the governor, and places it in the Senate. Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee 4/10/17.
Texas HB 214 Requires that state’s top courts (Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals) video record proceedings and post online. Approved as amended by House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee 4/18/17.
Nevada AB 28 ORIGINAL: Authorizes the Commission on Judicial Discipline to order a justice of the peace or municipal judge to forfeit his or her office if he or she fails to attend the instruction program required of all new justices of the peace and municipal judges. AMENDED: Same, but allows for continued employment if the Commission finds that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure to attend the instruction program. Requires the Commission to provide a thirty day notice to the justice of the peace or municipal judge. Approved by full Assembly 4/17/17.
South Carolina SB 324 Allows active and retired judges and clerks of court to carry firearms anywhere in state. Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee 4/19/17.