Relating to judges; to provide for additional circuit judgeships and additional district judgeships; to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefits of the judges; to prohibit the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission from reallocating any vacant judgeships until January 1, 2027; and to require the Administrative Office of Courts to provide certain statistical data annually.
Summary
Courts, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, compensation, benefits, duties
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023 · House May 23, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
lower
May 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Judiciary)
lower
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Judiciary)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sam Givhan
RRepublican
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