The Florida Senate

SB 1860: Judicial Vacancies/Nominations

JOINT RESOLUTION by Cowin

Judicial Vacancies/Nominations; constitutional amendment under which vacancies in judicial office are filled by gubernatorial nominees from list of all eligible applicants submitted by respective nominating commission, confirmed by Senate; nominations made when Senate is not in session would be deemed confirmed; those made when it is in session but not confirmed within given time would be rejected; all commission proceedings, including deliberations, would be public. Amends s. 11, Art V.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/6/2001	Senate	• Filed
  3/19/2001	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00184
  5/4/2001	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 1860, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/13/2001 at 1:28 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 827	Judicial Vacancies/Candidates List	Brummer	Similar	Last Action: 5/4/2001 H Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC) Location:
  H 627	Judiciary	Brummer	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 H Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC) Location:
  S 1362	Judicial Vacancies/Appointment	Cowin	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Judiciary Location:
  S 1794	Judiciary	Garcia	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Judiciary Location:

  Citations - Constitution (1)

  Article	Section	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  V	Section 11

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