Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal
Summary
Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
Assembly Passage
Jul 2020
Signed into Law
Dec 2020
Introduced Jul 20, 2020
Signed Dec 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jul 23, 2020 · Assembly Jul 23, 2020
How they voted
42–17
Passed
Total votes 59
Jul 23, 2020
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Dec 23, 2020
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.376
upper
Jul 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jul 23, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Jul 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jul 20, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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