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House Bill 46 updates century-old change-of-attorney statute for public defenders, officials say
Summary
House Bill 46 would modernize an 1895 change-of-attorney statute to reflect the public-defender system and reduce operational barriers to reassigning public defenders without abandoning clients. The Office of State Public Defender supported the cleanup; sponsors said courts retain oversight to address competence or conflicts.
Representative James Reavis introduced House Bill 46 as a statutory cleanup updating a Title 37 provision that predates the Office of State Public Defender. "This bill...updates the attorney change-of-attorney statute in Title 37," Reavis told the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying the law has not been updated since 1895 and that the measure clarifies how public defenders are reassigned…
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