SB19 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

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

Summary

SB19 would add a constitutional limit of three consecutive full terms for Alabama's Legislature and treat two-year elections as a full term, with a grandfather clause for pre-2014 service.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it would cap consecutive terms at three for both the Senate and the House. An election lasting at least two years would count as a full term toward that limit. People who served before November 2014 would not be disqualified from serving after that date because of this change.

Who It Affects

• Current and future Alabama state senators and state representatives would be limited to three consecutive full terms in their respective chambers, with two-year elections counted as a full term toward the limit.
• People who had legislative service before November 2014 would be grandfathered, meaning that prior service would not disqualify them from serving after that date.

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 lasting at least two years shall be counted as a full term toward the term-limit total.
• Service in the Senate prior to November 2014 shall not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from serving in the Senate after that date, and similarly for the House.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments