Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: requiring a municipal judge to be a licensed Wisconsin attorney.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- 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 a certain number of consecutive days before
any election where the citizen offers to vote. Beginning on January 1, 2018, 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.