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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 552

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Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record. (FE)

Judge 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

Article VII, section 24 (2), of the Wisconsin Constitution authorizes the

legislature to set an age, of not less than 70 years, beyond which a supreme court

justice or judge of any court of record may not serve, unless the person is appointed

on a temporary basis as a reserve judge.

Under this bill, no person may be elected or appointed, other than as a

temporary reserve judge, to serve as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of

record if the date of election or appointment occurs on or after the date the person

attains the age of 75 years.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Gustafson (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R)

3 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Maxey (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report without recommendation (Assembly Rule 19) by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 4

Failed 4–4 Nov 7, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 53–44 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 53

Nay · 44

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Oct 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Rettinger, Dittrich, O'Connor and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Cabral-Guevara

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Report without recommendation (Assembly Rule 19) by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 4

  7. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules

  9. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  10. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44

  13. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection

  17. Dec 19, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1