BILL · 1991–92 SESSION
SB 5119: Term limitations
Setting a twelve-year limit on state office and legislative membership.
Summary
- No person can be elected or appointed to any state elective office in which that person has served previously a total of 12 years. No person can be elected to a house of the Legislature in which that person has served previously a total of 12 years.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5119), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 1991
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jack Metcalf (R-10)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1991 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 1992
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jack Metcalf (R-10)
8 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5119 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5119 (2025–26) Academic employee bargaining
- SB 5119 (2023–24) Nonconviction data/auditor
- SB 5119 (2021–22) Individuals in custody
- SB 5119 (2019–20) Contracted highway workers
- SB 5119 (2017–18) Water-sewer districts
- SB 5119 (2015–16) Nonprofit risk pools
- SB 5119 (2013–14) Body armor
- SB 5119 (2011–12) 2012 presidential primary