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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AJR 26

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terms of office for members of the senate and assembly (first consideration).

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Explanation of Proposal

Presently, the constitution provides that representatives to the assembly are

elected to two-year terms and state senators are elected to staggered four-year

terms. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature

on first consideration, provides that representatives to the assembly are elected to

staggered four-year terms and senators are elected to staggered six-year terms. The

changes to the length of terms first apply to the terms for which the election in

November 2012 is held.

The proposal sets the number of members of the assembly at 99 and the number

of members of the senate at 33, which are the current memberships. Currently, the

constitution sets the permitted range of the number of seats, not the specific number.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,

and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Schneider (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Schneider

  2. Mar 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Campaign Reform

  3. Sep 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1