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SB 879 Retired circuit court judges under recall; qualification by Committees for Courts of Justice.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Retired circuit court judges under recall; qualification by Committees for Courts of Justice. Requires that retired circuit court judges sitting as substitutes be found qualified every three years by the Courts Committees instead of authorized by the Chief Justice. The bill provides that the Chief Justice may call upon and authorize any circuit court judge whose retirement becomes effective during the interim period between regularly scheduled sessions of the General Assembly to sit in recall. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
FULL TEXT
- 12/19/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103234D pdf
- 01/18/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103234D-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/19/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103234D
- 12/19/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 1-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/18/17 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/18/17 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/18/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB879E
- 01/18/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103234D-E
- 01/19/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/20/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/30/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice