2020 Senate Bill 766

Don’t pay judge charged with crime

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 4, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-18)

To require that if a circuit 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 or counties that cover this pay.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety