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House approves panel-court procedure bill to route certain challenges to three-judge panels
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 4 passed a second-substitute bill authorizing a process for moving certain constitutional challenges to randomly assembled three-judge panels and directing the Judicial Council to adopt implementing rules; the measure passed 56–15.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 4 approved a second-substitute bill (HB392) that lays out procedures for routing certain lawsuits that seek to enjoin state laws to randomly assembled three-judge panels and asks the Judicial Council to issue rules to implement the change.
Sponsor Representative McPherson, presenting the second substitute, said the measure confirms that the Utah Supreme Court will have jurisdiction over appeals from any such panel and describes how panels would be constructed. “It requires that this panel be assembled truly randomly, and each judge has to come from a separate judicial district,” McPherson said, explaining the bill was revised after discussions with…
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