Judges; Supreme Court; Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation; Judicial Performance Evaluation Council; judicial performance evaluations; effective date.

HB 2124 establishes a formal system to evaluate Oklahoma judges' performance. It creates an Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation and a Judicial Performance Evaluation Council (JPEC) to administer surveys from the public and peers, require judges to complete self-evaluations, and set performance standards. Judges who fail two consecutive evaluations or skip required programs lose confidentiality, making their failure publicly available on the Supreme Court website. The Supreme Court must also issue annual reports on the program to state leaders, detailing evaluation results and actions taken. This bill directly affects all Oklahoma district and appellate judges.