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Committee advances bill to create judicial-branch investigation panel with $400,000 appropriation
Summary
House Bill 8-40 would create a nine-member interim committee to investigate the independence and quality of district and Supreme Court rulings. Sponsor said the bill includes a $400,000 biennial appropriation for the committee’s work and public dissemination of findings; opponents called it a fishing expedition and a separation-of-powers risk.
Representative Lucas Schubert opened the hearing on House Bill 8-40, saying the bill would create a nine-member interim committee — five House appointees by the speaker and four Senate appointees by the president — to investigate the independence and quality of district court and Supreme Court rulings. Schubert told the committee the bill includes an appropriation of $400,000 for the biennium "for the maintenance of this interim committee and for the dissemination of…
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