HB128 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul Beckman
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
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 the House of Representatives for more than three full consecutive terms and to the Senate 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.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections