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PA HR128

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/18/2025

Primary Sponsor

Benjamin Waxman

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates April 29, 2025, as "22nd Amendment Day" in Pennsylvania to commemorate the state's ratification of the presidential term limits amendment

  • Pennsylvania was the 15th state to ratify the 22nd Amendment on April 29, 1947

  • The 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two elected terms and was fully ratified on February 27, 1951, when Minnesota became the 36th state to approve it

  • Congress passed the term limits proposal (Joint Resolution 27) on March 21, 1947, after more than 200 earlier resolutions on presidential term limits had failed throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries

Legislative Description

Designating April 29, 2025, as "22nd Amendment Day" in Pennsylvania.

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary

3/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/18/2025

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