General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6172
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2067
*02067*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist. REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6172
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2067
*02067*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATORY REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 870 of the general statutes be amended to provide that: (1) A judge of the Superior Court, shall report any occurrence of the following events to the Judicial Branch not later than five days after the date of the occurrence of the event: (A) A motion to recuse a judge from a matter is filed, (B) a judicial grievance is filed against a judge, (C) a judge orders an individual removed from a courtroom, and (D) a judge orders incarceration, or threatens incarceration, of an individual in a noncriminal matter; and (2) the Judicial Branch shall promptly post the information described in subdivision (1) of this section on its Internet web site.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure greater transparency of judicial processes.