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Claims court proposal fails in committee after tied vote; supporters argued specialization would ease district court backlog
Summary
Senate Bill 385 would create a specialty claims court to handle constitutional and complex civil claims. The committee split 11–11 on the motion and the bill failed in Finance and Claims after debate over whether the measure grows the judiciary and whether it addresses the district courts’ main backlog.
Senate Bill 385, a proposal to create a specialty claims court to hear constitutional and complex civil claims, failed in the Senate Finance and Claims Committee after an 11–11 tie vote.
Sponsor Senator McGillivray said the court would specialize in complex civil matters — permits, constitutional claims and other time-consuming…
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