APRIL 3, 2027 -- Since 2006, Gavel to Gavel has tracked state-by-state legislative activity with potential impact on state courts.
Featured State: Montana
- House rejects Senate-approved bill to:
- Audit Office of Disciplinary Counsel;
- Revise grounds for impeachment for judges and others to include "oppressive use of one's office";
- Provide for the partisan election of judges and justices; and
- Allow legislative and executive leadership to vacate a writ of mandamus.
- House committees reject or table bills to:
- Provide for supreme court justices to be nominated by the governor and subject to senate confirmation;
- Allow police chiefs to appoint certain officers as court officers; and
- Reduce the supreme court's budget.
Qualifications and Terms
- Iowa House approves bill to increase the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age from 72 to 78.
- Oklahoma Senate rejects bill to create a retroactive mandatory judicial retirement age of 75.
Security
- Florida Senate committees approve bills to protect the personally identifiable information of appellate clerks and members of the state’s judicial disciplinary commission.
- Vermont House approves a bill to protect the personally identifiable information of judges.