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• Introduced by Rep. Jon Switalski (D) on September 23, 2009, to revise references in the judicature act to conform with the proposal of Senate Bill 851 to eliminate one Oakland County circuit judgeship between 2011 and 2014.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on September 23, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on November 4, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on November 12, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that also allows a temporary judge reduction in Macomb County. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 12, 2009.
• Passed 97 to 4 in the House on November 12, 2009, to allow a temporary reduction in the number of circuit judgeships in the Sixth Judicial Circuit (consisting of Oakland County) and Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (consisting of Macomb County).
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 1, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 1, 2009.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on December 17, 2009. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 17, 2009.
• Passed 28 to 7 in the Senate on December 17, 2009, to allow a temporary reduction in the number of circuit judgeships in the Sixth Judicial Circuit (consisting of Oakland County) and Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (consisting of Macomb County).
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 17, 2009.
  • Motion in the Senate on December 17, 2009. The motion failed by voice vote in the Senate on December 17, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 13, 2010.