Bill > HB1139

This bill adds a fifth associate circuit judge to Missouri's twenty-third judicial circuit, which serves Jefferson County. Specifically, the bill creates a new associate circuit judge position that will be appointed by the governor and serve until January 1, 2029, at which point the judge will be elected for a full term. Similar to previous associate circuit judge positions added to this judicial circuit, this new judgeship will not count toward the standard statutory formula for determining the number of associate circuit judges allowed per county. The bill amends the existing law about judicial positions in the twenty-third judicial circuit, maintaining the pattern of previous judicial expansions where new positions were created outside the standard county-level judicial allocation rules. The addition of this judge is likely intended to help manage the judicial workload in Jefferson County by providing an additional judicial resource to the circuit court system.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1139&year=2025&code=R