H 37 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to require reappointment of judges every 5 years

This bill proposes changing the Massachusetts Constitution to require judges to serve five-year terms instead of remaining in office "during good behavior." Under this plan, judges would be eligible for reappointment by the governor with the council's consent after each term ends. The change would directly affect all state judges by limiting their tenure and introducing a regular reappointment process.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2023 Last action Apr 27, 2023
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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