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House Judiciary Committee sends amended vexatious-litigation bill forward after reconsideration
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to reconsider and advance Senate Bill 23-82, which would lower the numeric trigger for designating a vexatious litigant and move procedural details to the Supreme Court rule.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to reconsider and advance Senate Bill 23-82 on vexatious litigation, approving the measure as amended after debate over whether the Legislature should codify procedures already adopted by the North Dakota Supreme Court.
The bill, as amended, would place the substantive standard for declaring a person a vexatious litigant into statute while leaving procedural details to the Supreme Court rule. Chairman Clamine, who introduced the amendment, said the change was drafted by a Supreme Court attorney and that the court and bill sponsors had agreed to the approach.
The measure would change the threshold for a vexatious-litigant designation from three separate litigations involving…
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