Bill Title: Establishes a system of merit selection of judges of the state's major trial courts instead of elections and for the designation of certain justices of the supreme court; affects certain courts including the supreme court, surrogate's court, the New York city civil court, the New York city criminal court and the district court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - opinion referred to judiciary [A05703 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember James Brennan [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-036	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-075	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Charles Lavine [D]	Cosponsor	Email	518-455-5456	HD-013	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Amy Paulin [D]	Cosponsor	Email	518-455-5585	HD-088	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Naomi Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-080	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nelson Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-086	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Primary	Email	518-455-5431	HD-123	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Sweeney [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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