SB27 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2016

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 or a combination of both houses 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 2018 would not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from service in that respective body following that date.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments