Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

Amends GS 7A-377 by prohibiting the Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) from investigating when its own motion or a written complaint by a citizen is based substantially upon a legal ruling by a district or superior court judge and the ruling has not yet been reviewed and ruled upon by either the North Carolina Court of Appeals or the North Carolina Supreme Court. Applies to complaints or investigations pending on or after the date the act becomes law. 

Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.