Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record.
AB 640 sets a maximum age of 75 for new appointments or elections to the state supreme court or trial court judgeships. It prohibits anyone turning 75 or older from being appointed or elected to these positions on or after their 75th birthday. The bill excludes temporary reserve judges appointed under separate statutes. This directly affects future judicial candidates and appointments, not current judges.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 7, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
Floor votes · Assembly Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
53–46
Passed
Total votes 99
Feb 17, 2026
D
Democratic46
100% Nay
R
Republican53
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 23, 2026
Amended
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 45
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
lower
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
lower
Nov 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Dittrich, Krug, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Gustafson;
cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk
lower
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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