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Maryland Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2016)
| Maryland Judicial Retirement Age Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
| Voting on State Judiciary |
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| Not on ballot |
The Maryland Judicial Retirement Age Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have increased the state's judicial retirement age from 70 to 75.[1]
Text of measure
The full text of the measure can be found here.
Support
The amendment was co-sponsored by Senate President Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (D-27) and Senate Minority Leader J.B. Jennings (R-7).[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution
A 60 percent majority vote in both chambers of the Maryland State Legislature were required to refer the amendment to the ballot. On March 24, 2015, the Maryland Senate unanimously passed the measure by a 47-to-0 vote.[2]
The Maryland Legislature's 2015 session ended on April 13, 2015, without the bill passing both chambers. Legislators had the opportunity to reintroduce the bill during the 2016 legislative session, which was projected to begin on January 13, 2016, and run through April 11, 2016.
See also
Footnotes
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