Judicial retirement; increases mandatory age from 73 to 75.
Summary
Mandatory judicial retirement age. Increasesthe mandatory judicial retirement age from 73 to 75. This increasein mandatory retirement age includes judges subject to mandatoryretirement during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assemblyand allows any sitting judge who has attained age 73 and has submitteda notice of retirement but not yet retired to revoke the notice ofretirement by written request. The bill requires the revocation ofany certification of need to fill the vacancy determined by the JudicialCouncil or Committee on District Courts based on the original noticeof retirement if a written request to revoke the notice of retirementis submitted by the judge. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2022
Last action Jan 19, 2022
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
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22101421D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
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