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Committee approves bill to add district judge in Kootenai County; county support cited

2611720 · February 3, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1028 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation; the bill would add a district judge position to be chambered in Kootenai County (First Judicial District).

Jason Spellman, legal counsel for the Administrative Office of the Courts at the Idaho Supreme Court, presented Senate Bill 1028 to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee. The bill would add one district judge position statutorily set to be chambered in Kootenai County in the First Judicial District.

Spellman told the committee the state currently has 49 district judges and the First Judicial District…

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