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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 981

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Relating to: prohibiting a judge from holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office to which the judge was appointed or elected.

Judge Public officers Supreme court

  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

This bill provides that a judge of any court of record in this state, including a

justice of the state supreme court, may not hold an office of public trust, other than

a judicial office, while serving in the judicial office to which the judge was appointed

or elected. Current law prohibits a judge from holding an office of public trust during

the term for which the judge or justice was elected. The Wisconsin Supreme Court,

in

Wagner v. Milwaukee County Election Commission

, 2003 WI 103, has interpreted

this provision of current law to prohibit a judge from seeking elected office for the

duration of the term, regardless of whether the judge resigns from his or her judicial

office.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hutton (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

1 cosponsors

Darling (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Sanfelippo, Kooyenga, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Spiros; cosponsored by Senator Darling

  2. Feb 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1