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2023 SESSION

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SB 843 Retired circuit court and district court judges; recall, evaluation, etc.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Retired circuit court and district court judges; recall; qualification by Senate Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee for Courts of Justice. Provides that no retired judge shall be authorized or eligible for temporary recall if such judge, prior to submitting a notice of retirement, sought reelection to a subsequent term but was not reelected by a majority of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Retired circuit court and district court judges; recall; evaluation; qualification by Senate Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee for Courts of Justice. Requires that all retired circuit court and district court judges who have requested to sit in recall be evaluated immediately upon retirement, prior to qualification by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee for Courts of Justice. Further, the bill requires annual evaluations of all retired judges sitting in recall following such initial evaluations upon retirement. The bill eliminates the provision allowing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia to appoint a retired circuit court or district court judge whose retirement becomes effective during the interim period between regularly scheduled sessions of the General Assembly and who has not been found qualified by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice to sit in recall to hear a specific case or to perform judicial duties. Additionally, the bill removes the provision that prioritizes the appointment of a retired district court judge by the chief district judge over the appointment of a retired circuit court judge or substitute judge when the chief district judge determines that assistance is needed in the absence or disqualification of a district court judge.