104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0001 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 newILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator for more than three terms or the office of State Representative for more than five terms, and that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for more than 2 terms, and that service in an Executive Branch office before the second Monday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. LRB104 03747 SPS 13771 e 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0001 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 newILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator for more than three terms or the office of State Representative for more than five terms, and that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for more than 2 terms, and that service in an Executive Branch office before the second Monday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. LRB104 03747 SPS 13771 e LRB104 03747 SPS 13771 e
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0001 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 newILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator for more than three terms or the office of State Representative for more than five terms, and that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for more than 2 terms, and that service in an Executive Branch office before the second Monday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.
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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be
6 submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or
7 rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6
8 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
9 add Section 2.5 to Article IV and amend Section 2 of Article V
10 of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
11 ARTICLE IV
12 THE LEGISLATURE
13 (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new)
14 SECTION 2.5. TERM LIMITS.
15 A person may not be elected to the office of State Senator
16 for more than three terms or the office of State
17 Representative for more than five terms. Service before the
18 second Wednesday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in
19 the calculation of a person's service.
20 ARTICLE V
21 THE EXECUTIVE
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0001 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 newILCON Art. V, Sec. 2 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator for more than three terms or the office of State Representative for more than five terms, and that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for more than 2 terms, and that service in an Executive Branch office before the second Monday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.
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ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2.5 new
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
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1 (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
2 SECTION 2. TERMS
3 These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall hold
4 office for four years beginning on the second Monday of
5 January after their election and, except in the case of the
6 Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified.
7 They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and every
8 four years thereafter. A person may not be elected to any
9 Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive
10 Branch offices, for more than two terms. Service before the
11 second Monday in January of 2025 shall not be considered in the
12 calculation of a person's service for purposes of this
13 Section.
14 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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