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AB141
Changes to Judge Discipline Records and Qualifications
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 1:27 AM
In one sentence
This bill requires the Commission on Judicial Discipline to make written records of its private decision-making meetings public while keeping the meetings themselves closed, and it adds a requirement that district judge candidates must have acted as trial counsel in at least 10 trials.
What it does
- Requires the Commission on Judicial Discipline to make minutes from its deliberative sessions accessible to the public.
- Keeps the actual deliberative sessions of the Commission private while releasing their written records.
- Updates laws so that minutes of these sessions are no longer confidential.
- Adds a rule requiring candidates for district judge to have acted as trial counsel in at least 10 trials in a state district court.
Who it affects
- The Commission on Judicial Discipline
- Lawyers who want to become or are running for the office of district judge
Limits and unknowns
- The new requirement for acting as trial counsel does not affect judges already serving on the effective date of this bill.
- Medical records and other documents protected by privacy laws must still be kept private even if minutes are released.
- Other internal papers like notes, work papers, or interview reports generally cannot be made public unless at a formal hearing.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Commission on Judicial Discipline
- The state group with exclusive power over public censure, removal, involuntary retirement, and other discipline of judges.
- Deliberative sessions
- Private meetings where commission members discuss cases involving judge discipline.
- Trial counsel
- A lawyer who represents a client during the actual trial in court.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Revises provisions relating to the Judicial Department of the State Government. (BDR 1-857)