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SJR 1672: Retention of Justices or Judges

JOINT RESOLUTION by Flores

Retention of Justices or Judges; Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to increase the vote required to retain a justice or judge in a judicial office and to provide for the increased vote requirement to apply beginning with retention elections during the 2012 General Election.

Last Action: 5/7/2011 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/3/2011 Senate • Filed
    3/10/2011 Senate • Referred to Rules; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 189
    • Introduced -SJ 189
    3/11/2011 Senate • Subreferred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections -SJ 210
    • Now in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
    3/15/2011 Senate • Withdrawn from Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections -SJ 226
    • References corrected to Judiciary; Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules; Budget -SJ 226
    • Now in Judiciary
    3/23/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/28/11, 3:15 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
    3/30/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/04/11, 3:15 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
    5/7/2011 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Judiciary

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  • SJR 1672, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2011 at 5:54 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/25/2011 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7039 Judicial Retention Elections Civil Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/7/2011 H Died in Judiciary Committee
    Location: In committee/council (JDC)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    813108 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the resolving clause and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Simmons)     		3/28/2011
    3:22 PM     		Web Page
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    Citations - Constitution (2)

    Article Section Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    V Section 10 Page 1 (pdf)
    XII Section 32 Page 1 (pdf)

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