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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 28, 2011

Courts Bill Bounced Around

The controversial Trial Court Rights Act is jumping between committees like a sack of hot potatoes. The bill will be heard only by the judiciary committee and not the accountability committee.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The controversial Trial Court Rights Act is jumping between committees like a sack of hot potatoes.


The bill, which would decentralize management of trial courts, still awaits its first hearing as state assembly members keep changing their minds about which committees should review it. Legislation often dies or is amended in committee, and the back-and-forth signals a potentially rough path for the pro...

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