SB61 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Del Marsh

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Ben H. BrooksTrip PittmanPaul SanfordArthur OrrScott BeasonGreg J. ReedShadrack McGillDick Brewbaker

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Term limits, members of Senate and House of Representatives limited to three consecutive full terms, const. amend.

Summary

SB61 would amend Alabama's constitution to cap legislators at three consecutive full terms in either chamber, counting two-year terms as full terms, with grandfathering for pre-2012 service.

What This Bill Does

If passed, no one could be elected to the Senate or House for more than three full consecutive terms. An election lasting at least two years would count as a full term in that body. People who served in the Senate or House before November 2012 would not be disqualified from serving again after that date.

Who It Affects

• State Senators and State Representatives: would face a limit of three consecutive full terms, with two-year elections counting as a full term.
• People who previously served in the Alabama Legislature before November 2012: their prior service would not disqualify them from serving again after that date (grandfathered).

Key Provisions

• No person may be elected to the Alabama Senate for more than three full consecutive terms.
• No person may be elected to the Alabama House of Representatives for more than three full consecutive terms.
• An election to either the Senate or the House for at least two years counts as a full term in that body.
• Service in the Senate prior to November 2012 shall not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from serving in the Senate after that date.
• Service in the House prior to November 2012 shall not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from serving in the House after that date.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments