HCR 2041
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HCR 2041: congressional term limits; convention
Sponsor: Representative Montenegro, LD 29
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 2024, the following states have passed applications solely specific to
congressional term limits:
1) Alabama (Alabama Legislature, HJR23).
2) Florida (Florida Senate, HCR 693);
3) Louisiana (Louisiana Senate, SLS 24RS-35);
4) Missouri (Missouri Senate, SCR 40);
5) North Carolina (North Carolina General Assembly, HJR 151);
6) Oklahoma (Oklahoma State Legislature, HJR 1032);
7) Tennessee (Tennessee General Assembly, HJR 0005);
8) West Virginia (West Virginia Legislature, HCR 9); and
9) 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.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note