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MO HJR21

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/5/2013

Primary Sponsor

Dwight Scharnhorst

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Submits a constitutional amendment to Missouri voters at the November 2014 general election repealing and replacing Section 8 of Article III regarding term limits for the General Assembly

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

  • Maintains a sixteen-year limit for total combined service across both the House of Representatives and the Senate

  • Excludes service from elections prior to December 3, 1992, and excludes partial terms of less than one year for representatives or less than two years for senators from the term limit calculation

Legislative Description

Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total service in the General Assembly to 16 years in any proportion between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Last Action

Referred: Elections(H)

2/7/2013

Committee Referrals

Elections2/7/2013

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