A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Latest action · Jan 23, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Representatives to three terms and Senators to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this amendment do not count towards these term limits.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2023 to Nov 20, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-OH | J. D. Vance | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Jan 23, 2023 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Mar 6, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Mar 21, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Nov 20, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 23, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12343 | Term Limits for Members of Congress: Policy and Legal Overview | Resource | Mar 10, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 3 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Reintroduction of | Jan 22, 2021 |
| HJRES 3 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Related bill | Jan 9, 2023 |
| HJRES 11 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Related bill | Sep 28, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
