Senate approves technical changes to Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission process
Senators advanced first substitute SB 193, a technical bill to adjust Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission procedures: clarified replacement appointments, a fix for truncated midterm evaluations, and limiting certain elements of legal-ability evaluations to licensed attorneys; the floor approved the bill by recorded vote.
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Senator Wyler introduced first substitute SB 193 to amend the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) statute with several narrowly drafted technical changes. The sponsor said the substitute is the product of discussions with the commission and the legal community and characterized it as a compromise designed to address concerns raised since the statute was enacted more than a decade ago.
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