LRB-4769/1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
October 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Tomczyk and Cabral-Guevara,
cosponsored by Representatives
Rettinger, Dittrich and O'Connor. Referred
to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.
SB569,1,2
1An Act to create 757.023 of the statutes;
relating to: setting a maximum age
2for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Article VII, section 24 (2), of the Wisconsin Constitution authorizes the
legislature to set an age, of not less than 70 years, beyond which a supreme court
justice or judge of any court of record may not serve, unless the person is appointed
on a temporary basis as a reserve judge.
Under this bill, no person may be elected or appointed, other than as a
temporary reserve judge, to serve as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of
record if the date of election or appointment occurs on or after the date the person
attains the age of 75 years.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB569,1
3Section 1
. 757.023 of the statutes is created to read:
SB569,2,2
4757.023 Maximum age for justices and judges. (1) No person may be
5elected or appointed to serve as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record
1if the date of election or appointment occurs on or after the date the person attains
2the age of 75 years.
SB569,2,4
3(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a temporary reserve judge appointed under
4s. 753.075.
