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Committee considers bill allowing former judges to administer oaths
Summary
A House Judiciary Committee member presented House Bill 15-97 to allow former circuit, chancery, municipal or district judges with four or more years’ service to administer oaths; a motion to pass was made but no recorded final vote appears in the transcript.
House Bill 15-97 was presented to the House Judiciary Committee as a narrow change to who may administer oaths of office.
The bill would add language to existing law to permit any former circuit or chancery judge who served at least four years, and any former municipal or district judge who served at least four years, to administer oaths of office. A committee member explained the four-year threshold reflects common term lengths and said the change was requested by the Judicial Council Administrative Office of Courts.
Representative Springer asked, “Is there something magic about the number 4? Can you explain why 4 is used?” The presenter responded that four years corresponds to typical judicial term lengths and that the Judicial Council Administrative Office of Courts suggested the change.
Representative Volley closed and made a motion “to do pass.” The transcript records the motion but does not record a subsequent roll-call or voice vote for House Bill 15-97 in the provided record.
The bill is on the committee docket and may return for further action at a later sitting.
