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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 101

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requiring a municipal judge to be a licensed Wisconsin attorney.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may be elected or appointed as a municipal judge

if the person is a qualified elector of the municipality in which election or

appointment is sought. A qualified elector is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has

resided in an election district or ward for ten days before any election where the

citizen offers to vote. Beginning on January 1, 2012, this bill requires a person

seeking to be elected or appointed as a municipal judge to be an attorney licensed to

practice in this state and a member in good standing of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kessler (D)

1 cosponsors

Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Kessler

  2. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics

  3. Dec 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1