Legislation

Bills Requested by the Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform

December 10, 2024 – The 2024 Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform was busy during the 2024 interim session. They’ve requested these 27 bills be prepared for the 2025 Montana Legislative Session.

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HB 35: Allocating judicial standards commission to the department of justice (LC 522)

LC 527: Create a judicial performance evaluation commission and system

SB 20: Prohibit retired judges from hearing constitutional cases (LC 616)

LC 611: Generally revise laws relating to Judicial Standards Commission complaints

HB 30: Requiring the Supreme Court to apply a burden of proof for challenge to constitutionality of legislative act (LC 617)

LC 612: Generally revise laws relating to attorney fees and prevailing parties for veto overrides

SB 21: Allowing legislative and executive leadership to vacate a writ of mandamus (LC 618)

LC 613: Generally revise attorney fee awards

SB 14: Audit Office of Disciplinary Council (LC 620)

LC 614: Revise supreme court public records laws by opening deliberations and files to the public

SB 13: Remove Supreme Court original jurisdiction for ballot review (LC 1433)

LC 615: Enhance committee review of statewide ballot issues

SB 16: Allowing legislative committees to find contempt for violation of legislative subpoena (LC 1434)

LC 619: Audit State Bar of Montana

HB 36: Disallowing judge to serve as chair of judicial standards commission (LC 1437)

LC 621: IOLTA Bill Interest back to client

HB 39: Repeal law disallowing parties from contributing to judicial candidates (LC 1438)

LC 1435: Requiring substitution of district court judges by random selection

SB 15: Revising grounds for impeachment (LC 1439)

LC 1436: Exempt lawyers serving in certain public offices from professional disciplinary measure and proceedings while in office

HB 52: Generally revising administrative procedure laws relating to agency deference (LC 1784)