JUDGES: Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)
This bill creates one new judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court to address staffing needs in that specific court. To fund this position, the legislation allocates an additional $462,884 in state budget resources. The change directly affects the court's ability to assign cases to an additional judge and requires the state to increase its spending on judicial salaries.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House May 1, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 29, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
10
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (20-0).
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-1-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tony Bacala
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Kellee Hennessy
RRepublican
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Coates
RRepublican
Co
Nicholas Muscarello
RRepublican
Co
Robby Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Roger Wilder
RRepublican
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