BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2489: Retirement age for judges

Removing the mandatory retirement age for judges.

Summary

Removes the mandatory retirement age for judges. Provides that the act takes effect January 1, 2011, if a proposed amendment to the state Constitution eliminating the mandatory retirement age for judges is approved by the voters at the next general election.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to eliminating the mandatory retirement age for judges;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2489 (2025–26) Public space/local use laws · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2489 (2023–24) New special license plates · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2489 (2019–20) Affordable housing/prop. tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2489 (2017–18) Opioid use disorder · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2489 (2015–16) Worker wage parity · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2489 (2013–14) Pharmacies · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2489 (2011–12) Multiple-unit dwellings · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2489 (2007–08) Raffle ticket prices · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate