HB1401 - Tennessee: Courts, Appeal, Courts, Criminal Appeal, Courts, Supreme Court Of Tennessee, Election Laws, Judges And Chancellors

Companion Bill SB0338. Judges and Chancellors - Changes composition of the judicial selection commission; makes all meetings and records of the commission open to the public; requires judicial applicants to submit to work and credit history checks and to submit to criminal record checks; requires that certain judges be elected by voters within the respective grand divisions of the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 16, Chapter 5; Title 16, Chapter 4; Title 17, Chapter 4 and Title 17, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1401 / *SB0338Decrease State Expenditures - $5,700 Bill Summary for HB1401 / *SB0338 This bill revises provisions governing electing judges of the state court of appeals and state court of criminal appeals and to the provisions governing the judicial selection commission. Under present law, both the [...]

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