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Committee removes executive-director language for district judges council in House Bill 1407

2350221 · February 19, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 1407 to remove statutory language establishing an executive director for the Arkansas District Judges Judicial Council after state courts completed a reorganization of municipal and district judgeships.

House Bill 1407 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee after a brief presentation by the bill’s House sponsor, Rep. Carol Dolby, and a voice vote in favor.

The bill strikes a line of statutory language that had authorized an executive director for the district judges council, a post that lawmakers and the judiciary say is no longer needed following judicial…

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