Senate Amendment 1
S 374 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
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Senator Cash proposes the following amendment (SR-374.JG0001S):

Amend the concurrent resolution, as and if amended, by striking the second undesignated paragraph and inserting:

That the Senate and the House of Representatives shall meet in joint assembly in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at noon, to elect a successor to the Honorable Blake A. Hewitt, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2023; to elect a successor to the Honorable H. Bruce Williams, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 2, and the successor will serve a new term of that office, which will expire June 30, 2029; to elect a successor to the Honorable Steven H. John, Judge of the Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, and the successor will serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which will expire June 30, 2028; to elect a successor to the Honorable Clifton Newman, Judge of the Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 3, upon his retirement on or before December 31, 2023, and the successor will serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which will expire June 30, 2027; to elect a successor to the Honorable Nancy Chapman McLin, Judge of the Family Court, First Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, and the successor will serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which will expire, June 30, 2028; to elect a successor to the Honorable Timothy H. Pogue, Judge of the Family Court, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, upon his retirement on or before December 31, 2023, and the successor will serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which will expire June 30, 2025; to elect a successor to the Honorable Thomas Tredway Hodges, Judge of the Family Court, At-Large, Seat 7, whose term will expire June 30, 2023; to elect a successor to the Honorable Rosalyn W. Frierson-Smith, Judge of the Family Court, At-Large, Seat 8, whose term will expire June 30, 2023; and to elect a successor to the Honorable Shirley C. Robinson, Judge of the Administrative Law Court, Seat 5, upon her retirement on or before June 30, 2023, and the successor will serve a new term of that office, which will expire June 30, 2028.

Be it further resolved that the General Assembly agrees that all nominations must be made by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission and that pursuant to Section 2-19-90, no further nominating or seconding speeches may be made by members of the General Assembly on behalf of any candidate.