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MO HJR13

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/23/2013

Primary Sponsor

Rochelle Walton Gray

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Submits to Missouri voters a constitutional amendment to be voted on at the general election on Tuesday following the first Monday in November 2014, or at a special election called by the governor

  • Repeals and replaces section 8 of article III of the Missouri Constitution to modify legislative term limits

  • Changes the maximum service limit from eight years to sixteen years total in any one house of the General Assembly

  • Maintains a sixteen-year total service limit across both houses of the General Assembly combined

  • Excludes service from elections prior to December 3, 1992, and partial terms of less than one year (House) or two years (Senate) from the calculation of total service

Legislative Description

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Last Action

Referred: Elections(H)

1/31/2013

Committee Referrals

Elections1/31/2013

Full Bill Text

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