Indiana 2025 Regular Session

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Old	New		Differences
	1	+	SJ9611
	2	+	March 10, 2025
	3	+	ENGROSSED
	4	+	SENATE JOINT
	5	+	RESOLUTION No. 21
	6	+	_____
	7	+	DIGEST OF SJ 21 (Updated March 10, 2025 10:49 am - DI 140)
	8	+
	9	+	Citations Affected: Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
	10	+	Synopsis: Terms of members of Congress. Applies to Congress for a
	11	+	Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the
	12	+	Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of
	13	+	terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of
	14	+	Representatives and in the United States Senate.
	15	+	Effective: A Convention for proposing Amendments is called when
	16	+	two-thirds of the state legislatures make application to the Congress to
	17	+	call a Convention for proposing Amendments to consider an
	18	+	amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
	19	+	Zay, Young M, Johnson T, Bohacek
	20	+	(HOUSE SPONSORS — HALL, KARICKHOFF, JETER, MILLER K)
	21	+	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
	22	+	January 14, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	23	+	January 23, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
	24	+	January 27, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 31, nays 18.
	25	+	HOUSE ACTION
	26	+	March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
	27	+	March 10, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
	28	+	SJ 21—SJ 9611/DI 107 March 10, 2025
1	29		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
2	30		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	31		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	32		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	33		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	34		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word
7	35		NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a
8	36		new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	37		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	38		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	SENATE ENROLLED JOINT
	39	+	ENGROSSED
	40	+	SENATE JOINT
12	41		RESOLUTION No. 21
13	42		A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a Convention
14	43		for proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
15	44		concerning congressional term limits.
16	45		Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
17		-	SECTION 1. That the General Assembly of the State of Indiana
18		-	makes application to the Congress of the United States for a
19		-	Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the
20		-	Constitution of the United States to propose amendments to the
21		-	Constitution of the United States.
22		-	SECTION 2. That such a convention called under Article V be
23		-	limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United
24		-	States that do both of the following:
25		-	(1) Set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
26		-	elected as a Member of the United States House of
27		-	Representatives.
28		-	(2) Set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
29		-	elected as a Member of the United States Senate.
30		-	SECTION 3. That this application shall be considered as covering
31		-	the same subject matter as the applications from other States to
32		-	SJ 21 2
33		-	Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that
34		-	a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the
35		-	Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States.
36		-	SECTION 4. That this application shall be aggregated with
37		-	applications from the other States for the same subject for the purpose
38		-	of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to
39		-	call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated
40		-	with any other applications on any other subject.
41		-	SECTION 5. That this application constitutes a continuing
42		-	application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the
43		-	United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several
44		-	states have made applications on the same subject.
45		-	SECTION 6. That certified copies of this resolution be sent to each
46		-	of the following:
47		-	(1) Each of the presiding officers of the Congress.
48		-	(2) The Secretary of the United States Senate and the Clerk of the
49		-	United States House of Representatives.
50		-	(3) The presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature
51		-	in the United States.
52		-	(4) The members of the Congress from Indiana.
53		-	SECTION 7. That sending certified copies of this resolution to the
54		-	presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature in the United
55		-	States serves as an invitation to the legislatures of those states to join
56		-	in this call for an Article V convention.
57		-	SJ 21 President of the Senate
58		-	President Pro Tempore
59		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
60		-	Date of Passage in Senate _________________
61		-	Date of Passage in House _________________
62		-	SJ 21
	46	+	1 SECTION 1. That the General Assembly of the State of Indiana
	47	+	2 makes application to the Congress of the United States for a
	48	+	3 Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the
	49	+	4 Constitution of the United States to propose amendments to the
	50	+	5 Constitution of the United States.
	51	+	6 SECTION 2. That such a convention called under Article V be
	52	+	7 limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United
	53	+	8 States that do both of the following:
	54	+	9 (1) Set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
	55	+	10 elected as a Member of the United States House of
	56	+	11 Representatives.
	57	+	12 (2) Set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
	58	+	SJ 21—SJ 9611/DI 107 2
	59	+	1 elected as a Member of the United States Senate.
	60	+	2 SECTION 3. That this application shall be considered as covering
	61	+	3 the same subject matter as the applications from other States to
	62	+	4 Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that
	63	+	5 a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the
	64	+	6 Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States.
	65	+	7 SECTION 4. That this application shall be aggregated with
	66	+	8 applications from the other States for the same subject for the purpose
	67	+	9 of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to
	68	+	10 call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated
	69	+	11 with any other applications on any other subject.
	70	+	12 SECTION 5. That this application constitutes a continuing
	71	+	13 application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the
	72	+	14 United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several
	73	+	15 states have made applications on the same subject.
	74	+	16 SECTION 6. That certified copies of this resolution be sent to each
	75	+	17 of the following:
	76	+	18 (1) Each of the presiding officers of the Congress.
	77	+	19 (2) The Secretary of the United States Senate and the Clerk of the
	78	+	20 United States House of Representatives.
	79	+	21 (3) The presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature
	80	+	22 in the United States.
	81	+	23 (4) The members of the Congress from Indiana.
	82	+	24 SECTION 7. That sending certified copies of this resolution to the
	83	+	25 presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature in the United
	84	+	26 States serves as an invitation to the legislatures of those states to join
	85	+	27 in this call for an Article V convention.
	86	+	SJ 21—SJ 9611/DI 107 3
	87	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	88	+	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Elections, to which was
	89	+	referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 21, has had the same under
	90	+	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
	91	+	the recommendation that said resolution DO PASS.
	92	+	(Reference is to SJ 21 as introduced.)
	93	+
	94	+	GASKILL, Chairperson
	95	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2
	96	+	_____
	97	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	98	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred
	99	+	Senate Joint Resolution 21, has had the same under consideration and
	100	+	begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
	101	+	recommendation that said resolution do pass.
	102	+	(Reference is to SJ 21 as printed January 15, 2025.)
	103	+	JETER
	104	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 10, Nays 2
	105	+	SJ 21—SJ 9611/DI 107