CO SJR040

Colorado applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention for proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms for U.S. House Representatives and U.S. Senators.

Colorado voters approved term limits for federal offices in 1990 with over 70 percent support, but the 1995 Supreme Court decision in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton invalidated state-imposed congressional term limits.

This application counts toward the two-thirds of states required under Article V to trigger a constitutional convention and will be aggregated with similar applications from other states on the same subject.

The application is continuous until at least two-thirds of state legislatures submit applications on congressional term limits.

Copies of the resolution are to be sent to the President, Congress, Colorado's congressional delegation, and all state legislative houses requesting cooperation.