Maryland House Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-22 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; requiring an appointment of a circuit court judge to be subject to Senate confirmation; providing for a retention election following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; altering the term of office of circuit court judges from 15 years to 10 years; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

Circuit Court Judges - Election, Qualifications, and Term of Office

Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]
Del. Carolyn Howard [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]
Del. Frank Turner [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-22	House	Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2017-01-30	House	First Reading Judiciary and Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0579?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0579f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb0579.pdf