This bill makes changes related to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission.
This bill:
- amends definitions;
- renumbers statutes in Title 78A, Chapter 12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission;
- addresses the requirements for a meeting of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (Commission);
- requires the Commission to allow a judge to appear and speak at a commission meeting in certain circumstances;
- modifies the requirements for the judicial performance survey, including the contents of the survey;
- modifies the certification standards for judicial performance, including the certification standards for a justice of the Utah Supreme Court and a judge of the Utah Court of Appeals;
- allows a retention report on judicial performance to include the number of times that the judge has been overturned on appeal for an abuse of discretion for the current reporting period; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 63G-2-305, 78A-12-102, 78A-12-203, 78A-12-204, 78A-12-205, 78A-12-206