ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HCR2024: Article V convention; term limits.

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Mitchell, LD 13

BILL STATUS: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

Abstract

Relating to congressional term limits.

Provisions

1. Calls an Article V Convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution to set a limit on the number of terms a person may be elected as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

2. States that this application constitutes a continuing application until two thirds of the states have created a similar application.

3. Specifies that this application will cover the same matters as the applications from other states to Congress proposing an Article V Convention.

4. Requires the SOS to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President and Secretary of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker, the Clerk, and the Judiciary Committee Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives, each member of Congress from Arizona and the presiding officers of the state legislatures.

Current Law

The U.S. Constitution outlines the procedures for proposing and ratifying an amendment. In order to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, two thirds of Congress must deem it necessary, or two thirds of the states must call for a convention for proposing amendments. In order to adopt an amendment, it must be ratified by three fourths of the states or by convention in three fourths (U.S. Constitution, Article V).

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HCR 2024

Second Regular Session                                                                 Version 1: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

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