ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HCR 2022: Article V convention; term limits

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Townsend, LD 16

BILL STATUS: Federal Relations

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Overview

Applies to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to set term limits for members of Congress.

History

Article V of the Constitution of the United States allows Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution states that constitutional amendments may be proposed by either:

a. Two-thirds of both chambers of Congress; or

b. An application of two-thirds of state legislatures calling a convention of the states to propose amendments. (Article V, U.S. Constitution)

The U.S. Constitution states that a proposed constitutional amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the states before it can become effective.

Provisions

1. Applies to Congress to call a convention of the states to propose an amendment to the Constitution to set term limits for United States Representatives and United States Senators.

2. States that this resolution constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made applications on the same subject.

3. Instructs the Secretary of State to distribute copies of this resolution to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona, and the presiding officer of each legislative house in each state.

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Fifty-fourth Legislature                               HCR 2022

First Regular Session                    Version 1: Federal Relations

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