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Committee passes amended judicial-evaluation overhaul after contentious debate and amendment
Summary
Finance Division members approved HB 1130 with two late amendments: removing a statutory case-processing metric and delaying the bill's effective date to Jan. 1, 2027. The bill drew security and separation-of-powers concerns, and passed 5-4 with a minority report.
After extended testimony from sponsor Judge Lynn and judicial-branch witnesses, the committee approved substantial changes to House Bill 1130, which revises judicial performance evaluations. The bill would make judges' identities public in evaluation summaries while redacting the names of questionnaire respondents and add in-court observations to the evaluation process.
Judge Lynn and judicial-branch representatives said implementation will require…
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