Judicial Nominating Commission; recusal of member; removal of board member; campaign contributions disclosure; eligibility of members; effective date.

An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2103 By: Moore and Harris of the
House

and

Gollihare of the Senate

An Act relating to the Judicial Nominating
Commission; providing for recusal of member based
upon certain relationship based on consanguinity or
affinity; providing for removal of member based on
violation of requirement with respect to recusal;
requiring disclosure with respect to certain judicial
campaign contributions; prescribing requirement
related to address for purposes of determining
eligibility of members of the Oklahoma Bar
Association for membership on the Judicial Nominating
Commission; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.

SUBJECT: Judicial Nominating Commission

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 26 of Title 20, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. No member of the Judicial Nominating Commission who is
related to an applicant for any position for which the Commission is
responsible to submit nominations to an appointing authority
pursuant to Section 3 of Article VII-B of the Constitution of the
State of Oklahoma shall participate in the decision-making process
with respect to such applicant if the Commission member is related
to the applicant within the third degree of consanguinity or
affinity. If a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission
participates in the decision-making process with respect to an
applicant in contravention of the requirement of this subsection,
the member shall be immediately removed from the Commission and
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shall be permanently forbidden from being appointed to the
Commission.

B. No later than ten (10) days after receiving the final list
of applications for an open position which is set to come before the
Judicial Nominating Commission, a member of the Judicial Nominating
Commission shall make full disclosure of the date and amount of any
contribution made by such member to the judicial campaign of any
person making application to the Commission for their possible
nomination to an appointing authority pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3 of Article VII-B of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall prescribe
a form to be used for such purpose. The completed forms shall be
posted in a conspicuous manner on a website maintained by or on
behalf of the Judicial Nominating Commission and shall be accessible
until the position for which nominations are to be submitted by the
Commission has been filled.

SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27 of Title 20, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

With respect to members of the Oklahoma Bar Association who may
be eligible for appointment or election to the Judicial Nominating
Commission, the address for the person as reflected in the records
of the State Election Board shall be used for purposes of
determining the residence of such person for purposes of eligibility
for membership on the Judicial Nominating Commission.

SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 8th day of May, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________