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Louisiana Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2022)
| 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))
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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]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Louisiana State Legislature, "House Bill 366," accessed May 25, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vermont Public Radio, "Legislature sets judges' retirement age at 90 years," May 20, 2003
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