Bill Status of SJRCA 120   96th General Assembly


Short Description:  CON AMEND-JUDICIAL ELIGIBILITY

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Don Harmon-Kwame Raoul

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

 
ILCON Art. VI, Sec. 11 

Synopsis As Introduced
Proposes to amend the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person must have been a licensed attorney-at-law for a minimum of ten years to be eligible to serve as a Circuit Judge, a minimum of twelve years to be eligible to serve as an Appellate Judge, and a minimum of fifteen years to be eligible to serve as a Supreme Court Judge, except that a person serving as a Judge on December 31, 2010 is not disqualified from completing the current term of office or seeking an additional term. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the title. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced amendment with the following change: provides that to be eligible to serve as a Circuit Judge of a unit of a Judicial Circuit established as a subcircuit by law, a person must have been a licensed attorney-at-law for a minimum of 5 years (instead of 10 years).

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  4/6/2010SenateFiled with Secretary
  4/6/2010SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/6/2010SenateAssigned to Executive
  4/6/2010SenateTo Executive Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
  4/12/2010SenateReported Back To Executive
  4/15/2010SenateBe Adopted Executive; 007-004-000
  4/15/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2010; Constitutional Amendments
  4/15/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
  4/15/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  4/20/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
  4/21/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
  4/22/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon
  4/22/2010SenateRead in Full a First Time - As Amended
  4/22/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010; Constitutional Amendments
  4/22/2010SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
  4/23/2010SenateRead in Full a Second Time - As Amended
  4/23/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010; Constitutional Amendments
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

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