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Amendment Article XI
Judicial censure, removal or suspension. Judicial Review Council.
CONSTITUTION ARTICLE V
HJR 44 1976
Senate: 1191-1193
House: 581-588
Committee: Judiciary: 357-358, 366, 388-390
Total Pages: 17 pages
Adopted: November 24, 1976 by a popular vote of 527,198 in favor and 133,860 against.
“ What it provides is an alternative method for disciplining, suspending, removing judges over and above the present, very limited, cumbersome process either of impeachment or of removal by the governor on address of two-thirds of both houses.”
--Rep. James T. Healey speaking on Tuesday, March 23, 1976 during the House debate on proposed constitutional amendment House Joint Resolution No. 44.