SB 83

Abstract

Mandatory judicial retirement age. Increasesthe mandatory judicial retirement age from 73 to 75. This increasein mandatory retirement age includes judges subject to mandatoryretirement during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assemblyand allows any sitting judge who has attained age 73 and has submitteda notice of retirement but not yet retired to revoke the notice ofretirement by written request. The bill requires the revocation ofany certification of need to fill the vacancy determined by the JudicialCouncil or Committee on District Courts based on the original noticeof retirement if a written request to revoke the notice of retirementis submitted by the judge. The bill contains an emergency clause.