HB492 Alabama 2018 Session

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 2018 would not disqualify, in whole or in part, a person from service in that respective body following that date

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that (1) no person may be elected to the Senate for more than three consecutive terms of office in the Senate and no person may be elected to the House of Representatives for more than three consecutive full terms in the House of Representatives, (2) an election to the Senate and an election to the House of Representatives for at least two years would be equivalent to the election of a person for a full term in the respective body, and (3) 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 the respective body following such date.