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FL S0326

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/3/2024

Primary Sponsor

Blaise Ingoglia

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Origin

Senate

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Florida's legislature applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing amendments to establish term limits for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate

  • The resolution aligns Florida's application with existing applications from Alabama, Missouri, and Wisconsin on the same subject, to be aggregated toward the two-thirds state threshold required to call a convention

  • The application explicitly prohibits aggregation with any other Article V convention applications on different subjects, restricting the scope strictly to congressional term limits

  • The resolution is automatically revoked and nullified retroactively if it is used to support a convention with any agenda beyond proposing congressional term limits

  • Florida voters approved congressional term limits by over 76% in 1992, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state-imposed limits in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995), necessitating a constitutional amendment approach

Legislative Description

Congressional Term Limits

Last Action

Laid on Table, refer to HCR 693

2/1/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules1/16/2024

Full Bill Text

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