JUDICIAL PRIVACY-ADMIN JUDGES
House Bill 3144 amends the Judicial Privacy Act. This bill expands the definition of "judicial officer" to include administrative law judges. By doing so, it extends the privacy protections currently afforded to other judicial officers under the Act to administrative law judges.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Aug 2025
Introduced Apr 9, 2025
Signed Aug 15, 2025
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Engrossed
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Enrolled
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Aug 15, 2025
MINOR
The bill text changed from the 'Engrossed' version to the 'Enrolled' version, which is the final form signed into law. The primary differences are the updated title and page headers, while the substantive legal text regarding court definitions and restrictions remains identical.
TECHNICAL
The document title was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled', indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and is ready for signing.
Page header text was updated to reflect the 'Enrolled' status, though the page numbers and tracking numbers remain the same.
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House Apr 8, 2025
How they voted
57–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 58
May 22, 2025
D
Democratic39
97% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Aug 15, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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