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H.B. 424: Judicial Nomination Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill addresses judicial selection.

  • Contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment: defines terms; authorizes the governor to request a list of nominees from a judicial nominating commission when the governor is filling a judicial vacancy; removes the authority of the chief justice of the Supreme Court to fill a judicial vacancy if the governor fails to fill the vacancy; authorizes the governor to appoint any qualified candidate even if the candidate is not nominated by the judicial nominating commission; addresses the time period during which a judicial nominating commission may accept an application from an individual seeking nomination to fill a judicial vacancy; removes the time constraint on the governor to make a judicial appointment; and makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Judicial Operations · Governor · Judges

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 424 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.