Sen. Eldridge Will Take Helm Of Judiciary Committee Again

SUDBURY, MA — State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Sudbury, will return to his position atop the state Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary following senate action Wednesday.

Eldridge was first appointed to chair the joint committee on the state Senate side at the start of the 191st session in 2019.

The committee broadly oversees state lawmaking related to crime and punishment, plus issues related to judges and other court personnel.

In this current 193rd session, the committee had 11 bills before it as of Feb. 15, including the removal of the "he" pronoun from the state Constitution, ending the state's ability to take land through Eminent Domain and requiring judges to be reappointed every five years rather than lifetime appointments.

Eldridge on Wednesday was also appointed as a member of the joint committees on cannabis policy, public service, public safety and homeland security and children, families and persons

with disabilities.

Eldridge was reelected in 2022, defeating Wayland resident and Republican Anthony Christakis. After the 2020 Census, the lines of Eldridge's Worcester and Middlesex District shifted east to include all of Sudbury and Wayland, plus Marlborough, Southborough, Hudson, Acton, Littleton, Boxborough, Harvard and Ayer.