District Court Amendments

Created a new Constitutional Court with exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions challenging the constitutionality of state laws.

Established a requirement for a randomly selected three-judge panel in the District Court to hear civil actions deemed of statewide concern by the Attorney General, Governor, or Legislature.

Required the Judicial Council to create rules for the random selection and staffing of the special three-judge District Court panels.

Allowed judges from the District Court and Court of Appeals to be appointed to the Constitutional Court without having to resign from their current positions.

Added salary provisions for Constitutional Court judges, setting their base salary at 5% of a District Court judge's salary when serving concurrently.

Added the Constitutional Court to the list of courts included in the definition of 'public official' for property donation laws.

Set the effective date for the new Constitutional Court and related provisions to January 1, 2027.

Added a new requirement granting the attorney general an unconditional right to intervene in any civil action where a party challenges the constitutionality of a statute.

Removed a provision that previously exempted actions before a three-judge district court panel from the statutory venue requirements for civil actions.

Changed the enacted code section numbers from 78B-3a-102 to 67-5-41 and 78A-5-102.7 to reflect the new legislative text.

Establishes a new requirement for a three-judge panel to hear civil actions when the attorney general, governor, or Legislature files a notice of statewide concern.

Mandates the Judicial Council to create rules for the random selection process and maintain a list of qualified judges by March 7, 2026.

Defines specific criteria for panel judges, requiring random selection and ensuring each judge comes from a different judicial district than the others.

Grants the Utah Supreme Court exclusive and original appellate jurisdiction over judgments and orders from the new three-judge panels.

Exempts actions before the special three-judge panel from standard statutory venue requirements.