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Committee advances bill creating court marshals to provide statewide judicial security
Summary
Lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 291 to replace the Supreme Court sheriff with Supreme Court and Court of Appeals marshals who would have limited police powers and protections for judges'personal information; the committee adopted a technical amendment removing criminal penalties and moved the measure as amended.
Senate Bill 291, sponsored in the committee by the bill's author, would replace the existing Supreme Court sheriff with appointed court marshals for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court, assign them responsibilities for protecting justices, staff, facilities and residences, and grant limited police powers and detention authority coordinated with local law enforcement.
The measure also includes provisions to protect judges' personal…
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