SB127 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. AllenSenator
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Phillip W. Williams Bill Holtzclaw Paul Bussman Dick Brewbaker Shadrack McGill Greg J. Reed Harri Anne Smith Bobby D. Singleton Arthur Orr Rusty Glover Paul Sanford Trip Pittman Ben H. Brooks J.T. Waggoner Clay Scofield
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Term limits, members of Senate and House of Representatives limited to three consecutive full terms, const. amend.
Description: This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that would provide that no person shall be elected to the Legislature for more than three full consecutive terms. The amendment would provide that an election to the Senate or to the House of Representatives for at least two years would be equivalent to the election for a full term in such body. The amendment would provide that service in the Senate and in the House of Representatives prior to November 2010, would not disqualify, in whole or in part, such person from service in such bodies following such date.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections