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Bill to reorganize appeals from justice and municipal courts moves through hearings
Summary
House Bill 24 60 would consolidate and modernize statutory procedures for appeals from Oregon’s justice and municipal courts, clarifying jurisdiction, notice requirements, recordkeeping, and standards of review; proponents described the bill as a technical, consensus product of the Oregon Law Commission work group.
House Bill 24 60, introduced to the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11, would reorganize and standardize statutes governing appeals from justice and municipal courts across Oregon.
The bill’s sponsor and staff described HB 24 60 as a detailed, technical reorganization intended to clarify jurisdictional questions, streamline procedures for notices of appeal and docketing, standardize recordkeeping and public-record designations, and set out the circuit court’s scope of review on appeals from local courts.
Krista Obold Eshelman, supervising appellate attorney at Youth Rights and Justice and commissioner on the Oregon Law Commission, told the committee that the measure is the product of a multi‑year, consensus‑driven effort. “For the past five years, many dedicated volunteers, with a broad spectrum of experience in the systems have been working on this bill to modernize and make the…
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