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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 640

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

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gustafson (R) , Krug (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R)

1 cosponsors

Tomczyk (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Feb 12, 2026 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 54–45 Feb 17, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 54

Nay · 45

Full history

  1. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Dittrich, Krug, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

  2. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  7. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  9. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 45

  11. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 18, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  16. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1