Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2990

Subjecting administrative law and workers compensation judges in the office of
administrative hearings to certain ethical standards for court judges; requiring
the chief administrative law judge to provide training to administrative law and
compensation judges on requirements of the code of judicial conduct and to apply
the code to actions; authorizing administrative law and compensation judges to
mediate, arbitrate or take other appropriate action on matters referred to the
office of administrative hearings by the federal or state judicial branch or by
the workers compensation court of appeals; requiring the office to include in
official files tape recordings of hearings and return the files and recordings
to the agencies or entities requesting the hearings (mk)