Judiciary
Task Force Description
The ALEC Judiciary Task Force develops model policy solutions on criminal and civil justice matters. Currently, nearly one in every 100 American adults is behind bars and once released from prison more than four in ten return within three years. This failing system costs federal, state, and local governments approximately $85 billion, yet does not deliver adequate public safety results for taxpayers, victims, and individuals. In addition, our current criminal justice system places tremendous human costs on society.
In response, the American Legislative Exchange Council began its work in criminal justice and aimed to advance proven criminal justice reforms based on over two decades of data-driven research and practice. Members of the Judiciary Task Force advance solutions that refocus criminal justice resources on dangerous individuals and put the right programs in place to hold those who commit nonviolent offenses accountable while providing them with the resources they need to successfully reenter society.
On civil justice, the Judiciary Task Force and its members are at the forefront of the efforts to restore fairness and predictability to the civil justice system. The Task Force has developed model policy to protect the legal system from frivolous litigation that threatens its reliability, strains judicial resources and cripples businesses’ ability to innovate, employ and engender economic prosperity. We bring together legal scholars, state lawmakers and industry representatives to craft targeted reforms that minimize loopholes, oust outrageous legal theories, align lawsuits with commonsense liability, and make the legal system a better arbiter of the free market economy.
This work has resulted in the development of over 75 diligently developed model policies that balance justice in such areas as consumer protection liability, judicial overreach, asbestos litigation, workers’ compensation, product liability, anti-SLAPP public speech protection, jury service, sue and settle regulatory expansion and more.
Meeting Information
Judiciary Task Force
- Subcommittee Meeting
- Thursday, July 16, 2026
- 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
- Task Force Meeting
- Thursday, July 23, 2026
- 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Task Force Meeting Agenda
- Call to Order: Introductions
- Presentation: Probation Reform
- Presentation: Restoring the Property Line
- Presentation: Transparency in Sentencing
- New Model Resolution: A Resolution to Safeguard First Amendment Rights in Charitable Giving and Increase Efficiency
- New Model Policy: Women’s Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education (CARE) Act
- New Model Policy: Reporting on Incarceration Pregnancy Postpartum Outcomes Act
- New Model Policy: Energy Security and Independence Act
- New Model Policy: Public Nuisance Reform Act
- New Model Policy (Dual Jurisdiction): Right of Publicity and Malicious Deepfake Act (Task Force on Communications and Technology)
- New Model Policy (Dual Jurisdiction): Critical Infrastructure Security Act (Task Force on Energy, Environment and Agriculture)
- New Model Policy (Dual Jurisdiction): Veterans Treatment Court Act (Task Force on Veterans and Military Affairs)
- New Model Policy (Dual Jurisdiction): Constitutional Authority Clarification Act (Task Force on Federalism, Homeland Security, and International Relations)
- New Model Policy (Dual Jurisdiction): Act Clarifying State Constitutional Authority (Task Force on Federalism, Homeland Security, and International Relations)
- For the Good of the Order
- Adjournment
Draft Policies
- Energy Security and Independence Act
- Women’s Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education (CARE) Act
- Veterans Treatment Court Act
- Reporting on Incarceration Pregnancy and Postpartum Outcomes Act
- Critical Infrastructure Security Act
- A Resolution to Safeguard First Amendment Rights in Charitable Giving and Increase Efficiency
- Public Nuisance Reform Act
All Model Policies
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Energy Security and Independence Act Draft
Section 1. Purpose and scope. (a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Energy Security and Independence Act”. (b) The purposes of this Act are: To prohibit causes of action against those who lawfully produce, manufacture, purchase…
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Women’s Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education (CARE) Act Draft
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF __________: Section 1. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Women’s Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, And Education (CARE) Act.” Section 2. Legislative Findings and Purpose (A)…
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Veterans Treatment Court Act Draft
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF _________: CHAPTER 1. VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS. Section 1. Legislative Intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage and support the judicial circuits of the state and other agencies, local governments, interested…
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Reporting on Incarceration Pregnancy and Postpartum Outcomes Act Draft
Section 1. Legislative Findings and Purposes In enacting this legislation, the [State] Legislature recognizes the need for accurate, standardized information to evaluate pregnancy-related care in custodial settings and to support responsible oversight of correctional health systems. Accordingly, the Legislature makes the following findings and declares the following purposes: (a)…
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Critical Infrastructure Security Act Draft
Section 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the “Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Act.” Section 2. Legislative Findings And Purpose The Legislature finds that: critical infrastructure provides energy, water, communications, transportation, public health, food, and other services essential to public…
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A Resolution to Safeguard First Amendment Rights in Charitable Giving and Increase Efficiency Draft
WHEREAS, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech and association, and forcing charities to register with the state and pay a fee before speaking is a prior restraint on speech; WHEREAS, many state charitable registration systems are duplicative of information already provided by private sector charity watchdog organizations, imposing unnecessary burdens on…