OLR Bill Analysis

sHB 6252 (as amended by House “A”)*

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SELECTION OF JUDICIAL MARSHALS.

SUMMARY:

Beginning October 1, 2010, this bill requires the Judicial Branch to provide a written summary on its website of standards for employment, promotion, and continued employment of judicial marshals. It also specifies that the chief court administrator must establish employment standards and appropriate training programs.

By law, the Judicial Branch employs judicial marshals for courthouse security and prisoner custody and transportation.

*House Amendment “A” eliminates a provision that prohibited the Judicial Branch from considering a judicial marshal applicant's motor vehicle infractions or violations or misdemeanors that occurred more than five years before the person's application date when determining whether to employ the applicant, unless state or federal law required otherwise.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2009

COMMITTEE ACTION

Judiciary Committee

Joint Favorable Substitute