Colorado Judgeship Act

Bill: 118-s-1575
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-05-11
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Colorado Judgeship Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases from seven to ten the total number of U.S. district court judgeships for the District of Colorado. The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, three additional judges for that judicial district.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1575 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 11, 2023 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado Judgeship Act . 2. Additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado (a) Additional district judgeships The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 3 additional district judges for the district of Colorado. (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to Colorado and inserting the following: Colorado 10 .