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House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 19, 2022 03:56 PM
From: Representative Rob W. Kauffman
To: All House members
Subject: Supreme Court Term Limits
 
I plan to  re-introduce (former HB 1880) a joint resolution to amend Article V (the Judiciary) of the Pennsylvania Constitution.  Specifically, I will amend Section 15 (relating to tenure of justices, judges and justices of the peace); and, Section 16 (relating to compensation and retirement of justices , judges and justices of the peace).

Under the existing provisions of the Constitution, judges and justices are not subject to term limits, do not state for re-election (rather, they undergo a “retention” vote) and may hold office until the end of the year in which such judge or justice turns 75 years of age. 

My amendment would limit a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serving two 10-year terms.  This language also takes into consideration justices who may have already served two terms in office by allowing them to complete the current term. 


Introduced as HB396