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HB 916 Criminal history records check; applicable to justices, judges and substitute judges & magistrates.
Introduced by: Clarence E. Phillips | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Criminal history records search; justices; judges and substitute judges; magistrates. Requires criminal history records checks of all persons elected by the General Assembly as justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, and judges of the circuit and district courts, and of all persons appointed by the circuit courts as magistrates or substitute judges. The bill also prohibits the appointment of substitute judges and magistrates with certain criminal backgrounds in the same manner as the prohibitions for appointment of special conservators of the peace.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 046583460 pdf
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040216460-H1 pdf
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB916ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/19/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 046583460
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/04 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040216460-H1
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 040216460-H1
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB916H1
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/18/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/18/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/08/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB916ER)
- 03/23/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/19/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)