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Senate Adopts Revised Confirmation Rules to Make Judicial Hearings Conditional
Summary
With amendments, the Utah Senate approved SR 3 to clarify its confirmation process for judicial nominees, adding language to make confirmation hearings conditional on a chairman’s call and requiring limited notification to the judicial nominating commission about complaints.
Senator Hilliard proposed two amendments to SR 3, the rule on confirmation proceedings for gubernatorial judicial nominations, intended to make confirmation hearings conditional rather than automatic. The first amendment adds the phrase "if called by the chairman" to the gubernatorial nomination period language so hearings will not occur…
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