The change was made as a result of a lawsuit filed by Jack County judge Brian Umphress, who is challenging the State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s decision to sanction another judge, Dianne Hensley, in 2019 for her refusal to marry same-sex couples. That same year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott withdrew two nominees to the Commission, allegedly because they voted to issue the warning against Hensley; the Commission withdrew Hensley’s sanction last year, after she sued the body alleging they had violated her freedom of religion.