On May 28 the Louisiana Senate passed HB 96, a repeal of the state constitution’s mandatory judicial retirement age. The House had already passed it in April. With the Senate’s action, voters will be asked on November 4:

Do you support an amendment to remove the constitutional requirement that a judge retire upon attaining the age of seventy or, if his seventieth birthday occurs during his term, that he retire upon completion of that term? (Amends Article V, Section 23)

This will be the fifth time in the last 4 elections voters have had the chance to increase or repeal the mandatory judicial retirement age in their state; three prior efforts failed (Ohio 2011, Arizona 2012, New York 2013; details here and here) and Hawaii will be voting on an effort to increase their mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 80 this November as well.

According to the actuarial note on the bill, of the state’s 320 district, appellate and city judges, 39 are now between the ages of 65 and 70, while 56 are between 60 and 65.