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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2838 By: Roberts (Sean)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to elections; imposing term limits on
members of the United States House of Representatives
and the United States Senate; providing for
limitation applicable to combined years of service in
either chamber of Congress; providing limitation
inapplicable to periods of time for vacancy;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 17-151 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Effective November 1, 2022, the term of office for each
member of the United States House of Representatives and the term of
office for each member of the United States Senate representing the
State of Oklahoma in the United States Congress shall be limited to
a total of twelve (12) years.
B. The limit prescribed by subsection A of this section shall
be the cumulative total period of service in both the United States
House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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C. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to
any period of time that a person is elected to fill a vacancy in
either the United States House of Representatives or the United
States Senate.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5092 MAH 01/14/21