Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00291 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 291
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1463
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 291 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1463

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING JUDICIAL BRANCH PERSONNEL TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION THAT ENABLES THE PARTIES TO AN ACTION TO DISCERN WHETHER ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Judicial Branch to adopt rules that require all Judicial Branch personnel who may have an influence on the resolution of a pending matter to disclose certain information that allows the parties to assess whether a potential conflict of interest between the parties and a judicial official exists.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the Judicial Branch to adopt rules requiring the disclosure of certain information by Judicial Branch personnel that enables the parties to an action to discern whether any potential conflict of interest exists.