Effective January 1, 2018, House
Bill 3054 becomes law. As enacted, the law requires the clerk of every county
to post in common areas of the courthouse, a notice “that a
person may file a complaint against the judge that includes contact information
for the Judicial Inquiry Board.” To my knowledge, Illinois is the only
state with such a requirement. The Tennessee legislature rejected a similar proposal.
It seems that a natural corollary to HB 3054 would be legislation requiring
legislators to post notices in common areas of the State Capital Building and
in their offices advising constituents how to file a complaint against them.
Down the road, lawyers might be appropriate subjects of parallel legislation.
