Maryland Renaming Court of Appeals Amendment (2020)
| Maryland Renaming Court of Appeals Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Maryland Renaming Court of Appeals Amendment was not on the ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.[1]
The amendment would have made the following changes to the state appellate court:[2]
- rename the Maryland Appellate Court to be the Supreme Court of Maryland,
- rename the Court of Special Appeals to be the Maryland Appellate Court,
- change the title of a Judge of the Court of Appeals to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and
- change the name of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Text of the measure
The full text of the amendment can be found here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60 percent vote is required in both the Maryland State Senate and the Maryland House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 393 (SB 393) on January 27, 2020. On March 8, 2020, the state Senate passed SB 0393 in a vote of 45-1 with one absent. SB 393 did not receive a vote in the state House prior to the legislature's adjournment on March 18, 2020.[1][3]
