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SB 127

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Bill Hightower
Session
Regular Session 2018
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 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.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
January 25, 2018 S Pending third reading on day 7 Favorable from Constitution, Ethics and Elections
January 25, 2018 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
January 9, 2018 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Ethics and Elections

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing January 24, 2018 Room 727 * Agenda Change* at 15:30 Senate C&E Hearing
Hearing January 24, 2018 Room 727 at 15:30 Senate C&E Hearing
Hearing January 17, 2018 Room 727 at 15:30 Senate C&E Hearing
Hearing March 1, 2017 Room 727 ***Public Hearing & Vote*** at 10:30 Senate F&TE Public Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB 127 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB 127 - Introduced
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