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SB 407

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Sam Givhan
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Judges, vacancies, initial term of judges appt. to fill, further provided for, Amendment 328, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.
Description

Under existing law, a judge, except a judge of probate, appointed to fill a vacancy, except as otherwise provided in a local constitutional amendment, serves an initial term until the next term begins following the general election after the judge has completed one year in office

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that a judge appointed to fill a vacancy would serve an initial term until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January following the general election after the judge has completed two years in office or the remainder of the original term of the judge elected to office, whichever is longer

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to amend Section 6.14 of Amendment 328 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 153 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to further provide for the initial term of judges, except judges of probate, appointed to fill vacancies.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 22, 2019 S Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Judiciary
May 22, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 14, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing May 22, 2019 Committee Room 325 at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB 407 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB 407 - Introduced
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