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CONS §SEC. 18: (a) The Assembly has the sole power of impeachment.

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes the impeachment process: the Assembly brings impeachment charges, the Senate tries them, and conviction requires a two-thirds Senate vote. Impeachment applies to statewide officers, State Board of Equalization members, and state judges for misconduct in office. Conviction results in removal and disqualification from state office only; criminal liability remains separate.

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(a) The Assembly has the sole power of impeachment. Impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. A person may not be convicted unless, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership of the Senate concurs. (b) State officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges of state courts are subject to impeachment for misconduct in office. Judgment may extend only to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office under the State, but the person convicted or acquitted remains subject to criminal punishment according to law.

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