House File 601 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requesting a legislative study regarding the application,
  2    nomination, and appointment of women as judges.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2228HH 82
  5 jm/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  WOMEN AS JUDGES STUDY.  The legislative council
  1  2 is requested to authorize a study for the 2007 legislative
  1  3 interim regarding the application, nomination, and appointment
  1  4 of women as judges.  The study shall include but is not
  1  5 limited to identification of the number of women applying and
  1  6 being nominated for vacant judgeships, and the actual number
  1  7 of women judges in the state by judicial office held.  The
  1  8 committee shall also identify and make recommendations
  1  9 regarding changes, if any, to current law that would encourage
  1 10 more women to apply for vacant judgeships.  The study shall be
  1 11 conducted by a study committee consisting of up to six members
  1 12 of the general assembly, and one representative from each of
  1 13 the following:  the Iowa state bar association, the department
  1 14 of justice, the judicial branch, and the Iowa judges
  1 15 association.  The committee shall file the committee's
  1 16 findings and recommendations with the general assembly no
  1 17 later than January 15, 2008.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill requests a legislative study regarding the
  1 20 application, nomination, and appointment of women as judges.
  1 21    The bill provides that the study shall include but is not
  1 22 limited to identifying the number of women applying and being
  1 23 nominated for vacant judgeships, and the actual number of
  1 24 women judges in the state by judicial office held.  The
  1 25 committee is also required to identify and make
  1 26 recommendations about changes, if any, to current law that
  1 27 would encourage more women to apply for vacant judgeships.
  1 28    The committee shall consist of six members of the general
  1 29 assembly, and one representative from each of the following:
  1 30 the Iowa state bar association, the department of justice, the
  1 31 judicial branch, and the Iowa judges association.
  1 32    The committee shall file the committee's findings and
  1 33 recommendations with the general assembly no later than
  1 34 January 15, 2008.
  1 35 LSB 2228HH 82
  2  1 jm:nh/cf/24