SB61 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Ben H. Brooks Trip Pittman Paul Sanford Arthur Orr Scott Beason Greg J. Reed Shadrack McGill Dick Brewbaker
Session: Regular Session 2012
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 may be elected to either house of the Legislature for more than three full consecutive terms. The amendment would provide that an election to either the Senate or the House of Representatives for at least two years would be equivalent to the election for a full term in that respective body. The amendment would provide that service in the Senate and service in the House of Representatives prior to November 2012 would not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from service in that respective body following that 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