West Virginia Senate Bill 232 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-08 - To Government Organization
Pending: Senate Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to elect Supreme Court Justices on a nonpartisan basis. The bill establishes the timing and frequency of election. The bill sets forth the ballot design and printing. The bill requires the election of Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals be separate from a partisan ballot. The bill sets forth filing announcement of candidacies. The bill permits withdrawal of announcement of candidacies. The bill allows for the refunding paid filing fees. The bill sets forth the ballot content and form.

Providing for nonpartisan election of Supreme Court justices

Sen. Evan Jenkins [D]

Sen. Mitch Carmichael [R]

Sen. William Cole [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-08	Senate	To Government Organization
2014-01-08	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2014-01-08	Senate	To Government Organization then Judiciary
2014-01-08	Senate	Filed for introduction

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HB2479 (Similar To) 2014-01-09 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	1	16	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	4A	11a	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	5	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	5	13a	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	5	6a	New Code	See Bill Text
3	5	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	6	2a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=232&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb232%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=232