S 1719
108th Congress
Senate
Law
Administration of justice
District courts
Judges
Texas
A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 14, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 14, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the district judges of any district court in Texas from reassigning a district judge whose duty station is in a division with three or fewer judges to a duty station in another division, without the consent of all of the district judges of that district.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1