HB 161 Florida House · 2021 Regular Session

Judicial Nominating Commissions

Summary
Judicial Nominating Commissions; Revises composition of judicial nominating commissions; terminates terms of existing commission members; provides for new appointments & staggered terms; specifies prohibitions; requires appointing authorities to consider certain attributes in making appointments to ensure diversity; requires appointing authorities to collect certain data & specifies how data is to be released; provides conflict of interest parameters; requires commission member to complete educational course; prescribes requirements for course.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
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Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Jan 20, 2021
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Referred to Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Elections Committee; Judiciary Committee
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Fentrice Driskell
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