HB408 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Sorrell Auditor

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Legislature, term limits of three terms plus two years in each house provided, prior service not counted, const. amend.

Description

Under existing law, there is no limit on the number of terms an individual may serve as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives or the Alabama Senate.

This bill would propose an amendment to Section 46 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 46 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, commencing on November 1, 2022, to limit a legislator to a maximum of three terms of office, plus up to two years of extra service filling a vacancy, in each house. The amendment would provide that service in the Senate and service in the House of Representatives prior to November 2020 would not disqualify, in whole or in part, an individual from service in that respective body following that date.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments