Senate File 399 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 399
BY WHITING
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring senate confirmation for bar-elected
2 state judicial nominating commissioners and including
3 applicability provisions.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 46.2, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
2 to read as follows:
3 1. The resident members of the bar of each congressional
4 district shall elect, subject to confirmation by the senate,
5 two eligible electors of different genders to the state
6 judicial nominating commission.
7 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to electors elected
8 to the state judicial nominating commission on or after the
9 effective date of this Act.
10 EXPLANATION
11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
13 This bill requires that the commissioners to the state
14 judicial nominating commission who are elected by the resident
15 members of the bar of each congressional district are subject
16 to senate confirmation. Under current law, such commissioners
17 are not subject to senate confirmation. The bill applies to
18 electors elected on or after the effective date of the bill.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 46.2