JOINT MEMORIAL · 1991–92 SESSION
SJM 8001: Congress/judicial terms lmt
Requesting that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to limit congressional and federal judicial terms to twelve years.
Summary
- No person can serve more than 12 years in one house of Congress or on one federal judicial level.
From the Senate Bill Report (SJM 8001), 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
- Filed
- 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.
SJM 8001 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SJM 8001 (2025–26) Elections, money spent on
- SJM 8001 (2023–24) National infrastructure bank
- SJM 8001 (2021–22) PFAS contamination
- SJM 8001 (2019–20) Elections, money spent on
- SJM 8001 (2017–18) Elections, money spent on
- SJM 8001 (2015–16) Trade promotion legislation
- SJM 8001 (2013–14) I-5 "Purple Heart Trail"
- SJM 8001 (2011–12) Voter registr. procedures