Bills / H.B. 424
H.B. 424 Judicial Nomination Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment:
- defines terms
- authorizes the governor to request a list of nominees from a judicial nominating commission when the governor is filling a judicial vacancy
- removes the authority of the chief justice of the Supreme Court to fill a judicial vacancy if the governor fails to fill the vacancy
- authorizes the governor to appoint any qualified candidate even if the candidate is not nominated by the judicial nominating commission
- addresses the time period during which a judicial nominating commission may accept an application from an individual seeking nomination to fill a judicial vacancy
- removes the time constraint on the governor to make a judicial appointment
- makes technical and conforming changes
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