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Committee advances bill to codify appellate performance standards and change evaluation metrics
Summary
A House committee voted to favorably recommend first substitute SB 233, which moves appellate case-processing standards into statute and changes a fixed-count lateness rule to a percentage-based standard for Judicial Performance Evaluation purposes. Supporters said it increases transparency for retention elections; court administrators warned of separation-of-powers concerns.
A Utah House committee on [date] voted to advance first substitute Senate Bill 233, a measure that places appellate court case-timing standards into statute and switches the Judicial Performance Evaluation metric from a fixed-number allowance for late opinions to a percentage-based standard.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Brammer, told the committee the change gives the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission greater flexibility to use ratio-based surveys and embeds minimum appellate timelines into statute so the legislature would have to be involved if those standards were changed. "It provides some additional flexibility for the Judicial…
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