ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff

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HCR 2043: congressional term limits; convention

Sponsor: Representative Weninger, LD 13

Committee on Judiciary

Overview

Establishes that Arizona is calling for an Article V Convention to propose a Constitutional

amendment to the United States (US) Constitution, to add term limits to Congress.

History

Article V of the US Constitution sets procedures for amending the Constitution. Article V establishes two methods for proposing amendments to the Constitution: 1) the first method requires both the House and Senate to propose a constitutional amendment by a vote of two-thirds of the members present; and 2) alternatively, Article V provides that Congress will call a convention for proposing amendments upon the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures — which is 34 states (Congressional Research Service, Article V Convention).

Since 1960, the states have submitted more than 160 applications for Article V conventions on various subjects. However, Congress has never deemed Article V’s threshold for calling a convention to be met (Clerk of the US House of Representatives).

As of the end of 2025, the following states have passed applications solely specific to congressional term limits:

1) Alabama (Alabama Legislature, HJR23);

2) Florida (Florida Senate, HCR 693);

3) Indianna (Indiana General Assembly, SJR 21);

4) Louisiana (Louisiana Senate, SLS 24RS-35)

5) Missouri (Missouri Senate, SCR 40);

6) North Carolina (North Carolina General Assembly, HJR 151);

7) Oklahoma (Oklahoma State Legislature, HJR 1032);

8) South Carolina (South Carolina State Legislature, HCR 3008):

9) South Dakota (South Dakota Legislature, HJR 5002);

10) Tennessee (Tennessee General Assembly, HJR 0005);

11) West Virginia (West Virginia Legislature, HCR 9); and

12) Wisconsin (Wisconsin Legislature, AJR135).

Provisions

1. Applies to Congress to propose a US Constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms a person may be elected a Member of the US House of Representatives and Senate.

2. Specifies that this resolution is to be considered as covering the same subject applied for by other states and is to be aggregated with them.

3. Asserts that this resolution constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the US Constitution.

4. Directs the Secretary of State to send a copy of this resolution to designated members of the legislative and executive branches within the federal government.

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