Louisiana Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2022)

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Louisiana Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
State judiciary
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Louisiana Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment was not on the ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]

The amendment would have increased the mandatory retirement age of judges from 70 to 72.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question for the amendment would have been as follows:[1]

Do you support an amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for judges from seventy years of age to seventy-two years of age? (Amends Article V, Section 23(B))


[ ]Yes [ ] No[2]

Full text

The full text is available here.

Background

Mandatory retirement ages by state

See also: Mandatory retirement

Mandatory retirement is the compulsory retirement of judges who have reached a specific age determined by a state's constitution. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have set mandatory retirement ages as of March 2022. In 2003, Vermont established the highest mandatory retirement age at 90 years old.[3]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution

In Louisiana, a two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber of the Louisiana State Legislature to refer a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

This amendment was introduced as House Bill 366 on March 2, 2022. On May 23, 2022, the state House passed HB 366 in a vote of 70-29 with six members absent. The measure was not passed before the legislature adjourned the 2022 legislative session on June 6, 2022.[1]

Vote in the Louisiana House of Representatives
May 23, 2022
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 70  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total70296
Total percent66.67%27.62%5.71%
Democrat2834
Republican40262
Independent200

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Louisiana State Legislature, "House Bill 366," accessed May 25, 2022
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Vermont Public Radio, "Legislature sets judges' retirement age at 90 years," May 20, 2003