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Senate Bill 722
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 7, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 7, 2019
Latest Action
Mar 7, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
722
Congress
116
Policy Area
Law
Law
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Dan Sullivan
Alaska
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Republican
Martha McSally
Arizona
Republican
Steve Daines
Montana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act

This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two judicial circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, and (2) a new Twelfth Circuit.

The new Ninth Circuit shall be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands. The new Twelfth Circuit shall be composed of the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

The bill creates five additional circuit court judgeships—four in the Ninth Circuit and one in the new Twelfth Circuit.

It creates 56 additional district court judgeships in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Puerto Rico, and Texas.

Additionally, it converts eight temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
March 7, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jan 03, 2019
Introduced in House
2
Sponsorship
House Bill 215
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2019
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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CRS
Actions (2)
03/07/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
03/07/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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