HB 207 Summary

• Designates the act as the "Responsible Judges Act" relating to judicial impeachment procedures in Alaska.

• Expands the definition of malfeasance to include "exercising legislative power" for Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, and Superior Court judges subject to impeachment.

• Establishes that impeachment must originate in the Senate with a two-thirds vote approval, trial conducted by the House with two-thirds concurrence required for removal, and a Supreme Court justice presides over the trial.

• Specifies that impeachment judgments are limited to removal from office but do not prevent separate court proceedings on the same or related charges, and that the legislature's impeachment judgment is not subject to judicial review.

• Takes effect immediately upon enactment.