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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6300
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2794
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6
th Dist.
REP. GONZALEZ, 3
rd Dist.
REP. CANDELARIA, 95
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WAITING
PERIOD FOR A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CONNECTICUT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BECOME A JUDGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 51-44a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that the Judicial Selection Commission shall not add the name of a 2
former member of the General Assembly to the list of names that the 3
Governor may consider when nominating an individual to become a 4
judge, unless three years have passed since the date on which the 5
former member last served in the General Assembly. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To avoid a revolving door between the legislative and judicial
branches of state government.