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2004 SESSION
HB 70 Judges & Justices of Supreme Court & Court of Appeals; designation as a senior justice after retire.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Senior justices and judges. Clarifies that a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals may retire and later be designated a senior justice or judge. The current language could be read that such designation would have to be achieved prior to retirement.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/15/03 040768160 pdf
- 03/15/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER) pdf
- 04/14/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/15/03 040768160
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/04 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/04 House: Read first time
- 01/21/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/22/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/23/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/23/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/15/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER)
- 03/15/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/16/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/08/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/14/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)