Maryland House Bill 548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-19 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period under which the terms of specified amendments are to become effective; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

Circuit Court Judges - Election

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Marice Morales [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-19	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
2015-03-18	House	Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2015-02-11	House	First Reading Judiciary and Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0548?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0548f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0548.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0548_jud.pdf