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Panel approves measure setting judicial merit-selection elections in March
Summary
A bill to fix the date for Judicial Merit Selection Commission elections in March (rather than by concurrent resolution) was presented to the subcommittee and approved by motion.
Subcommittee staff explained a bill to change the timing of elections for the Judicial Merit Selection Commission. The proposal would remove language requiring the joint session date to be set by concurrent resolution and specify that the election will always be held in March by the General Assembly.
"This provides certainty and provides a little more time than the 2 or 3 weeks that we now have before when we come back in and then we vote," a subcommittee member said in support after Miss Crawford described the bill. Staff noted the change accounts for new timelines in a law coming into effect in July that lengthens the period between draft and final reports.
Committee action: a motion to move the bill favorably was made and seconded; the committee recorded an affirmative voice vote.
Why it matters: The change standardizes the schedule for Judicial Merit Selection Commission elections and gives the legislature more time between panel reports and election day.
Ending: The subcommittee approved a favorable report; the bill will proceed to further legislative consideration.
