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Senate advances bill expanding removal process for local officials to judges from other regions
Summary
The Senate advanced House Bill 27 15 to third reading after debate on expanding removal petitions to be heard by judges assigned from outside the affected county; objections focused on judicial workload and centralizing appointment authority.
Senator Middleton, State Senator, moved that the Senate take up House Bill 27 15, a proposal to expand the process for removing certain local elected officials from office.
The bill would expand removal provisions under chapter 87 to cover a broader set of local officials and require petitions for removal to be directed to the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, who would appoint a judge from outside the affected county to preside over the case.
"This bill strengthens accountability for elected officials who are incompetent, unfit for office, or refuse to enforce state law," Middleton said, describing the…
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