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Judiciary warns H.772’s confidentiality rules and tight timelines could confuse courts and strip safeguards
Summary
State court witnesses told the committee that provisions in H.772 that would treat ejectment dockets as confidential, shorten notice and answer periods, and impose hard hearing deadlines risk operational confusion, added hearings and reduced procedural protections unless the draft is clarified.
Chief Superior Judge Tom Zoney and state court administrator Terry Parson told a legislative committee on Feb. 17 that H.772, the bill revising residential rental and eviction procedures, contains drafting choices that could complicate court operations and erode established procedures.
"Confidential records in a specific docket is very, very unusual," Parson said, warning that treating entire ejectment dockets as confidential while leaving hearings open would create an awkward hybrid that court staff would struggle to administer. She said existing confidential dockets are narrowly defined (juvenile, mental‑health, family,…
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