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Senate committee approves bill letting chancery judges fill in on circuit and district dockets
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5–0 to pass House Bill 54 after amending the measure to clarify that chancery court judges may be assigned to both circuit and district court cases and to make the law effective immediately.
The Wyoming Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to pass House Bill 54, a bill that gives chancery court judges statutory authority to be assigned to district or circuit court cases to assist colleagues, the committee chair said.
Proponents said the change simply extends existing assignment authority that applies to other judges, and the committee adopted cleanup amendments before forwarding the bill to the full Senate.
House Bill 54, introduced as a joint judiciary interim committee bill, adds language to existing statutes to allow a chancery court judge to be assigned to a district or circuit court case when needed “to help out a fellow judge,” Alisa Butler, state court administrator for the Wyoming Judicial Branch, told the committee. “So this just allows for the chancery court judge to do the same,” Butler…
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