Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HR4: Resolution to censure Bozeman Municipal Judges J. Colleen Herrington and Karolina Tierney
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A resolution of the house of representatives of the state of montana declaring that bozeman municipal judge j. colleen herrington and bozeman municipal judge karolina tierney be censured for official misconduct and malfeasance in office and calling for their immediate resignation from office.
From the engrossed text:
A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA DECLARING THAT BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL JUDGE J. COLLEEN HERRINGTON AND BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL JUDGE KAROLINA TIERNEY BE CENSURED FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND CALLING FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION FROM OFFICE. WHEREAS, the House of Representatives of the State of Montana exhibits the following complaint against Bozeman Municipal Judge J. Colleen Herrington and Judge Karolina Tierney, in maintenance and support of its complaint against them for official misconduct and malfeasance: SUMMARY OF FACTS On March 11, 2024, Bozeman Municipal Judge Karolina Tierney ordered John Looney, a licensed bondsman and president of the Montana Bail Agents Association, to pay a bond forfeiture of $1,535. This bond, however, was issued in 2020 for a bond Looney neither signed nor was aware of because Looney did not own the company at the time. On March 28, 2024, Judge Tierney and Judge J. Colleen Herrington, the other Bozeman Municipal Judge, directed their clerk to file a complaint against Looney with the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance. On June 6, 2024, the Commissioner informed Judge Herrington and Judge Tierney that the complaint had been investigated and rejected. On June 20, 2024, despite this rejection, the judges suspended Looney's bonding privileges in the Bozeman Municipal Court, fully aware that the authority to suspend bonding …
Sponsors
- Millett, Tom (R, 2) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Committee
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
Subjects: Judges and Justices, Courts
Common questions
- What is HR4?
- HR4 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Resolution to censure Bozeman Municipal Judges J. Colleen Herrington and Karolina Tierney.
- What does HR4 do?
- In its own words: A resolution of the house of representatives of the state of montana declaring that bozeman municipal judge j. colleen herrington and bozeman municipal judge karolina tierney be censured for official misconduct and malfeasance in office and calling for their immediate resignation from office.
- What is the status of HR4?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR4?
- Millett, Tom (R, 2).
- Where is the official record for HR4?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2691
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