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House adopts education baseline for future justice court judges after extensive floor debate
Summary
The Utah House debated and amended First Substitute Senate Bill 72 to standardize appointment and retention for justice-court judges and adopted an amendment raising the minimum education baseline to a four-year degree for future appointees; the amended bill passed the House on the floor (60-0 recorded with absences).
Representative McKiff presented First Substitute Senate Bill 72, which aligns appointment and retention processes for county and municipal justice court judges by establishing five-member nominating commissions and a statewide reporting system of justice-court information.
Floor debate turned to qualifications for future justice court judges. The original…
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