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SB162 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Mar 9, 2021
SB162 Alabama 2021 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
2
Sponsors

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tom Whatley
Republican
Co-Sponsor
Chris Elliott
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Judicial circuits and districts, reallocate the number of circuit judges and district judges every 20 years based on population, Secs. 12-11-2, 12-12-1 am'd.
Description

Beginning in 2022 and every 20 years thereafter, this bill would provide for the reallocation of circuit judgeships of the judicial circuits and district court judgeships of each district according to population by the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission and subject to approval of the Legislature.

This bill would require the commission to consider population in the reallocation of judges of the circuits and districts.

Subjects
Judges

Bill Actions

S

Re-referred to Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature