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Committee approves reform to let uncontested civil motions be deemed granted after set time, with several amendments
Summary
Senate Bill 173, aimed at speeding resolution of uncontested civil motions by creating a notice-of-uncontested-motion procedure and requiring courts to provide a way for parties to email motions to judges, was passed by the Judiciary Committee with a package of amendments that narrowed scope and added procedural limits.
A substitute to Senate Bill 173 advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee after extended debate and a package of amendments. The bill creates a notice-of-uncontested-motion mechanism intended to prevent motions from languishing unaddressed in state civil courts.
Under the version the committee approved, a party may file a "notice of uncontested motion" if no ruling and no objection have been filed within a designated period (the committee amended the proposal from 90 days to 60 days). Once the notice is filed, a one-week clock begins for the judge to act; if the…
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