A bill for an act relating to the membership of district judicial nominating commissions.

SF 407 changes Iowa's district judicial nominating commission structure. It increases the number of eligible electors appointed by the governor from five to six per commission and removes judges from serving as commission members or chairpersons. Instead, commission members will now elect their own chairperson from among themselves, ending the practice where the most senior judge automatically served as chair. This affects all 14 district judicial nominating commissions responsible for screening judicial applicants and providing the governor with two nominees for district court vacancies. The bill modifies the composition and leadership selection process without changing the commissions' core function.