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HF 528Died when the session ended · March 1, 2023

Relating to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges

Topics:Courts & civil law

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2023
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Magistrate judges would be allowed to stay in their jobs until they turn 78 instead of 72. This change also means people can be appointed as magistrate judges even if they are already older than 72.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges. The bill increases the mandatory retirement age from to 78, which is the same mandatory retirement age for senior judges. The bill also provides that a person is not qualified to be appointed as a magistrate if the person is at the time of appointment, rather than 72.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§602.1610§602.6403§602.6404

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 2043 Relating to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges
    89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2260 · same title
    Cleared committee
  • HF 2260 Relating to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges
    89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
    Cleared committee

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