HF 1632 Summary

• Restructures the Board on Judicial Standards composition to include eight citizens of Minnesota, one House member, and one Senate member, replacing previous requirements for judges and lawyers.

• Establishes citizen member appointment process through secretary of state random selection from qualified applicants, with two-year terms and compensation equal to Supreme Court justice salary for citizen members.

• Grants the board authority to review citizen petitions regarding judicial misconduct and empowers immediate removal of judges for constitutional or statutory violations with required court record documentation.

• Implements petition review procedures including 45-day response timeline, with warnings issued for non-constitutional violations; judges receive three warnings before automatic removal.

• Judges removed by the board become ineligible for future judicial office and state-funded pension or retirement benefits, with appeal rights to the legislature.