Maryland House Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-15 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide for retention elections for judges of the circuit courts; proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution decreasing the term of office from 15 years to 12 years for the judges of the circuit courts; proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to increase the number of years between successive retention elections for judges of the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State; etc.

Judges – Selection and Retention

Del. Jon Cardin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-15	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary)
2021-01-13	House	First Reading Judiciary and Ways and Means
2020-09-29	House	Pre-filed

HB35 (Carry Over) 2021-01-15 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
IV - Judiciary Department	3		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	5		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	5A		(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0035?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0035f.pdf