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General Assembly Substitute Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14
January Session, 2025
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION MODIFYING THE LEGISLATIVE TERM OF OFFICE.
Resolved by this Assembly:
Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the 1
Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the 2
manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes, 3
become a part thereof: 4
Section 8 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as 5
follows: 6
Sec. 8. [A general election] General elections for members of the 7
general assembly shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of 8
November [, biennially, in the even-numbered years] of the second, 9
sixth and tenth years following the year in which the decennial census 10
of the United States is taken. The general assembly shall have power to 11
enact laws regulating and prescribing the order and manner of voting 12
for such members, for filling vacancies in either the house of 13
representatives or the senate, and providing for the election of 14
representatives or senators at some time subsequent to the Tuesday after 15
the first Monday of November in all cases when it shall so happen that 16
the electors in any district shall fail on that day to elect a representative 17
or senator. 18 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
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Section 10 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as 19
follows: 20
Sec. 10. a. The members of the general assembly elected on the 21
Tuesday after the first Monday of November of the second year 22
following the year in which the decennial census of the United States is 23
taken shall hold their offices from the Wednesday following the first 24
Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the 25
Wednesday after the first Monday of the [third] fifth January next 26
succeeding their election, and until their successors are duly qualified. 27
b. The members of the general assembly elected on the Tuesday after 28
the first Monday of November of the sixth year following the year in 29
which the decennial census of the United States is taken shall hold their 30
offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January 31
next succeeding their election until the Wednesday after the first 32
Monday of the fifth January next succeeding their election, and until 33
their successors are duly qualified. 34
c. The members of the general assembly elected on the Tuesday after 35
the first Monday of November of the tenth year following the year in 36
which the decennial census of the United States is taken shall hold their 37
offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January 38
next succeeding their election until the Wednesday after the first 39
Monday of the third January next succeeding their election, and until 40
their successors are duly qualified. 41
RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 42
Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 43
elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2026, and 44
published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 45
to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2026, 46
whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments 47
to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be 48
used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the 49
State be amended to provide, after each decennial redistricting, for two 50 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
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four-year legislative terms and a two-year legislative term?". 51
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In the ballot designation, "followed by" was changed to "and" for clarity.
GAE Joint Favorable Subst.