SB 351 – Mandates that judges must disqualify themselves from hearing a proceeding in certain situations

• Sponsor: Lager
• LR Number: 1634S.02I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 4/15/2013 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2013

Current Bill Summary

SB 351 - This act provides that a Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Court judge who is appointed shall be disqualified from hearing a case when an attorney or a party to the case being heard served on the Appellate or one of the Circuit Judicial Commissions that nominated the judge. Judges are also disqualified if a party's attorney is currently employed by a firm who also employs a person who served on the Appellate or one of the Circuit Judicial Commissions who nominated the judge.

JESSICA BAKER