Bill Title: Election of certain juvenile judges. Provides that the judge of the St. Joseph County probate court is elected in a nonpartisan election instead of in a partisan election, beginning in 2018. Provides that the judge of the juvenile division of the Lake County superior court (court) is elected in a nonpartisan election instead of being subject to a retention election as are the other judges of the court. Provides that a vacancy in the judgeship of the juvenile division is filled by the governor rather than by the governor from a list of names submitted by the Lake County judicial

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections [SB0272 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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