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Committee Approves Moving SB 1028 to Floor to Add District Judge in Kootenai County

2332205 · February 3, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1028 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Jason Spellman of the Administrative Office of the Courts said the bill would add a district judge in Idaho's First Judicial District, chambered in Kootenai County, citing workload and population growth pressures.

Jason Spellman, legal counsel for the Administrative Office of the Courts at the Idaho Supreme Court, told the Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee that Senate Bill 1028 would create a new district judge position chambered in Kootenai County in Idaho's First Judicial District.

"There are currently 49 district judges in Idaho," Spellman said, and the number is established by statute in Title I, Chapter 8 of Idaho Code. He said the First Judicial District has seven district judges now and the…

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