JUDGES

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
JUDGES

: Increases the limit in small claims court from $3,000 to $5,000

: Allows a person to petition the circuit court for a trial de novo as an alternative to seeking judicial review of an agency decision

: Changes the time restrictions for service of a summons for a proceeding before an associate circuit judge

: Allows the annual report of the Judicial Finance Commission to be combined with any other annual report of the Missouri Supreme Court or Office of State Courts Administrator under certain conditions

: Disqualifies convicted felons from jury service even if their civil rights have been restored

: Creates the crime of obstruction of justice

: Allows counties not participating in the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan to collect a surcharge in civil cases to be used for courthouse security purposes

: Authorizes the appointment of an additional circuit court judge in the 31st Judicial Circuit in Greene County

: Adds as a factor in determining child custody whether a parent is co-habitating or has overnight stays with an adult person who is not a spouse, adult child, or relative of the parent

: Removes health care providers from the mandatory exclusion from jury duty and allows the court to excuse a health care provider from jury service at the court's discretion

: Transfers the powers to adopt the county schedule of fines and participation in the Missouri Fine Collection Center from the county associate circuit judges to the county appointing authority

: Specifies that the statute of limitations for any offense that is classified as a class A misdemeanor will be two years

: Changes the laws regarding redacting certain identifying information from court records prior to disclosure to the public

: Changes the laws regarding actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings or meetings by including any action brought which results in money damages or litigation expenses

: Removes the requirement that the state be reimbursed by Jackson County for the moneys received for the salary and benefits payable to the drug court commissioner in the 16th Judicial Circuit

: Authorizes courts in Clay County to assess a $10 surcharge in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or criminal or traffic laws to fund the county judicial facility

: Authorizes the addition of one circuit court division, to be known as Division Three, in the 26th Judicial Circuit

: Protects certain individuals and media entities from being required to disclose news sources or certain information

: Repeals the death penalty in Missouri

: Requires complaints sent to the Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges to also be referred to the House of Representatives

: Authorizes small claims court judgments to become liens on real estate

: Abolishes ex parte orders of protection

: Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation

: Requires any criminal justice entity that conducts eyewitness identification procedures to adopt written policies for using an eyewitness to identify a suspect

: Specifies that a person's prior conviction, plea of, or finding of guilty in a municipal court for an intoxication-related offense must be considered when determining punishment for a new offense

: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval

: Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the number of Governor-appointed citizens serving on the Appellate Judicial Commission and the number of candidates nominated for vacancies

: Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing the Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline and makes the service of judges past retirement age not subject to a petition or appeal process

: Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing the nonpartisan Judicial Commission and establishing a bi-partisan judicial merit selection commission for each judicial entity

: Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the qualifications and process for selecting judges

: Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the nonpartisan selection of judges and providing for the selection of judicial nominees by the Judicial Confirmation Commission

SB 734 --- Sponsor: Champion, Norma
: Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-first judicial circuit

SB 757 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 769 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Adds a circuit judge position within the 45th judicial circuit

SB 960 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-ninth judicial circuit

SB 968 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to person

SB 1142 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Adds a circuit judge to the twenty-sixth judicial circuit

SB 1218 --- Sponsor: Barnitz, Frank A.
: Lowers the average total inmate population required to allow a circuit court to appoint an extra circuit court marshal

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm