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MO SJR51

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/25/2014

Primary Sponsor

John Lamping

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Submits a constitutional amendment to Missouri voters at the November 2014 election to modify term limits for members of the General Assembly

  • Reduces the total allowable service in both houses combined from sixteen years to fourteen years

  • Removes the previous separate limit of eight years in a single house

  • Prohibits candidates from running for office if they cannot complete a full term before hitting the fourteen-year total service limit

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

Legislative Description

Limits the total service in the General Assembly to fourteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives

Last Action

Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

3/26/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics3/26/2014

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