Maryland Senate Bill 367 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-03 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution repealing provisions relating to election of circuit court judges; requiring the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a qualified person to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of the circuit court; altering the term of office of circuit court judges from 15 to 10 years; requiring the Governor to reappoint a circuit court judge, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, upon the expiration of the judge's term; etc.

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

Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Joan Conway [D]
Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]	Sen. James DeGrange [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]
Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Edward Kasemeyer [D]
Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]
Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]
Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]
Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]
Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-16	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2015-03-10	Senate	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-06	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0367?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0367f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0007/sb0367.pdf