SB 489 – Mandates that judges must disqualify themselves from hearing a proceeding in certain situations

• Sponsor: Lager
• LR Number: 4583S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/27/2014 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2014

Current Bill Summary

SB 489 - 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.

This act is similar to SB 351 (2013).

JESSICA BAKER