Bills › 89th General Assembly
Requiring senate confirmation for bar-elected state judicial nominating commissioners and including applicability provisions
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires that the commissioners to the state judicial nominating commission who are elected by the resident members of the bar of each congressional district are subject to senate confirmation. Under current law, such commissioners are not subject to senate confirmation. The bill applies to electors elected on or after the effective date of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 25, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part