Indiana Senate Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provides for the four judges of the Lake superior court county division to be: (1) nominated by the Lake County superior court judicial nominating commission and appointed by the governor; and (2) subject to the question of retention or rejection by the Lake County electorate every six years. (Current law provides that the judges of the Lake superior court county division are elected by the electorate of Lake County every six years.) Repeals provisions concerning elected judges of the county division. Makes conforming amendments.

Lake superior court county division.

Sen. Dorothy Landske [R]

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

Sen. Karen Tallian [D]

2011-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 30 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2011-02-03		Cosponsor: Rep. L. Lawson
2011-02-03		House sponsor: Rep. Soliday
2011-02-03		Referred to the House
2011-02-03		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 30 and nays 18
2011-01-31		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-01-27		Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2011-01-27		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-01-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-01-13		Authored by Senators Landske and Tallian

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0499
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0499.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0499.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0071.PDF.pdf