2020 Senate Bill 765

Don’t pay judge charged with crime

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 4, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-15)

To require that if a probate court judge is facing criminal charges his or her salary must be held in escrow pending the outcome of a trial. If a judge is convicted of a felony and removed from the bench the escrowed money would revert to the state and county.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety