As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. J. R. No. 6
2025-2026
Senators Gavarone, Timken
A J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
Applying to the Congress of the United States for a
limited national convention for the exclusive purpose
of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to establish term limits for members of
Congress.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United
States requires the Congress of the United States to call a
convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
United States upon the application of two-thirds of the
legislatures of the several States; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Ohio General Assembly hereby makes an
application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, to call a convention limited
to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may
be elected as a Member of the United States House of
Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
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is hereby directed to transmit duly authenticated copies of this
resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States
Senate, the Speaker, Clerk, and Chairperson of the Judiciary
Committee of the United States House of Representatives, the
members of the United States Senate and United States House of
Representatives from this State, and the presiding officers of
all of the legislative houses in the several States, requesting
their cooperation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application shall be considered as
covering the same subject matter as the applications from other
States to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the
number of terms that a person may be elected to the United
States House of Representatives and the United States Senate,
and this application shall be aggregated with the same for the
purpose of attaining the two-thirds of States necessary to
require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject,
but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any
other subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
of the several States have made applications on the same
subject.
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