BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5630: Municipal court judges

Changing the election and appointment provisions for municipal court judges.

Summary

Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the municipal court, the mayor of each city or town must appoint a municipal judge or judges to serve until January 1 of the year following the next election when other city elected positions are normally elected. The legislative authority of a city or town has the power to confirm the appointment of a municipal judge initially appointed.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5630), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to municipal court judges and commissioners;

No recorded floor votes.

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

SB 5630 (2025–26) Farm fuel users · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2023–24) Residential services rate · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2021–22) Early learning/basic ed. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2019–20) GMA hearings/composition · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2017–18) High-technology research tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2015–16) Equal pay and opportunities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5630 (2013–14) Adult family home quality · Enacted · Chapter 300, Laws of 2013
SB 5630 (2009–10) Parks and capital projects · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor