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FL S0630
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Status
10/22/2015
Primary Sponsor
Aaron Bean
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AI Summary
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Applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention for proposing an amendment limiting the number of terms for U.S. House Representatives and U.S. Senators.
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References Florida voters' 1992 approval of congressional term limits (76% support) and the 1995 Supreme Court ruling in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton that invalidated state-imposed term limits.
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Specifies this application is a continuing application that will aggregate with other states' applications on the same subject to achieve the two-thirds majority required under Article V.
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Voids the application retroactively if used to call a convention with any agenda other than congressional term limits for the House and Senate.
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Does not revoke Senate Memorial 476 from the 2014 Legislature but constitutes a separate, independent application on congressional term limits.
Legislative Description
Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HM 417 (Adopted)
2/10/2016