A review of state legislation affecting the courts
February 10, 2023 -- Since 2006, Gavel to Gavel has tracked state-by-state legislative activity with potential impact on state courts.
Notable legislation includes:
- Bills to protect the personal information of state and federal judges advance in Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Virginia
- Legislation would mandate remote public access to criminal proceedings (Colorado) or court proceedings generally (Maryland)
- Bills in Kansas, New Mexico, and South Carolina would tie state judicial salaries to that of federal judges or members of Congress
- Judicial Selection: Bills to change or alter selection methods for judges advance in Hawaii, Iowa, Tennessee, and Utah; ranked choice voting for judicial office considered in Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, and Oklahoma
- Montana Senate rejects bill that would have placed the state court administrator under the elected Clerk of the Supreme Court
- Mississippi House approves bill to create court system specifically for Capitol area; judges of the Capitol Complex Improvement District court would be appointed by Chief Justice and not elected