1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4;
1.3 establishing term limits for legislators.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1.6 An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment
1.7is adopted, article IV, section 4, will read:
1.8 Sec. 4. Representatives shall be chosen for a term of two years, except to fill a vacancy.
1.9Senators shall be chosen for a term of four years, except to fill a vacancy and except there
1.10shall be an entire new election of all the senators at the first election of representatives after
1.11each new legislative apportionment provided for in this article. The governor shall call
1.12elections to fill vacancies in either house of the legislature.
1.13 A person must serve no more than ten years in the Senate and ten years in the House of
1.14Representatives during the person's lifetime. A person must not be elected or appointed as
1.15a member of the Senate or House of Representatives if, by the end of the term to which the
1.16person is elected or appointed, the person will have served more than ten years in the body
1.17to which they would be elected or appointed.
1.18 Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.19 (a) The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2026 general election.
1.20The question submitted must be:
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 789NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MANN, Bahr and Lieske)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/30/2025
Referred to State and Local Government 2.1 "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to place term limits on individuals elected
2.2to the legislature so that a person can serve no more than ten years in the Senate and ten
2.3years in the House of Representatives?
2.4 Yes ...................
"2.5 No ....................
2.6 (b) The title required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.15, subdivision 1, for the
2.7question submitted to the people under paragraph (a) shall be "Legislative term limits."
2.8 (c) Legislative office terms ending in 2027 or prior to 2027 must not be counted for the
2.9purposes of term limits imposed by section 1.
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