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Committee sends requests to print for two new district judge positions in Kootenai and Bonneville counties

2332196 · January 27, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to print two requested statutes (RS 31981 and RS 31982) that would add district judge positions chambered in Kootenai County (1st Judicial District) and Bonneville County (7th Judicial District) to address heavy caseloads, population growth and travel time concerns.

The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send two request statutes to print that would add district judge positions to address heavy caseloads and population growth in two areas of the state.

Jason Spellman, legal counsel to the Administrative Office of the Courts at the Idaho Supreme Court, described RS 31,981 as a request to add a district judge position chambered in Kootenai County (First Judicial District). Spellman told senators that the First…

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