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Votes at a glance: joint courts committee approves multiple judge certifications; one nomination withheld by delegation
Summary
The committee approved block certifications for retired, circuit, general district and juvenile/district judges by voice vote; one judicial nomination (Judge Jane Reynolds) was withheld from the final block for lack of delegation consensus.
At the close of the hearings, the joint courts committee took a series of block votes to certify judges for continued recall or to confirm nominees for various benches.
The committee certified retired judges, many circuit judges with pending retirements, general district judges with pending retirements, and juvenile and domestic relations judges with pending retirements in separate blocks. All blocks were approved by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript.
Committee members noted two procedural limits: Judges Louis Lerner and Robert O’Hara (retired from the eighth judicial circuit) were to be certified only for judicial settlement conferences and not authorized for broader sit‑and‑recall assignments.
The committee also attempted to move a final block that contained the nominees heard during the meeting. Delegations agreed to advance the majority of nominees in that block, but the fifteenth‑circuit delegation did not reach consensus for Judge Jane Reynolds; her name was removed from the block and therefore was not advanced in that vote.
The transcript records motions and seconds for the block approvals and voice votes in each case; members recorded “aye” or indicated voice assent and the committee chairman declared the blocks approved.
Summary of committee actions recorded in the meeting: - Retired judges: block certification approved; two retirees limited to settlement conferences only. - Circuit judges with recent/pending retirements: block certification approved. - General district judges with recent/pending retirements: block certification approved. - Juvenile & domestic relations judges with recent/pending retirements: block certification approved. - Block certification of nominees interviewed in the session: approved with the exception of Judge Jane Reynolds (fifteenth judicial district), who was removed from the block because the local delegation had not reached consensus.
The committee adjourned following the votes.
