HCR 2043
congressional term limits; convention
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Bill overview
This resolution urges the United States Congress to call a convention of states to propose an amendment to the Constitution that would limit the number of terms members of the House of Representatives and Senate can serve. The resolution is based on the belief that Congress has not acted on term limits despite the desire of citizens and other states, and aims to restore rotation in office. Arizona is joining with other states to collectively apply to Congress for this convention.
Key provisions
- Requests Congress to call a convention for proposing a constitutional amendment.
- The amendment would limit the number of terms for House and Senate members.
- Arizona’s application is considered a ‘continuing application’ until two-thirds of states apply.
- Arizona’s application will be combined with other states’ applications regarding term limits.
- The Secretary of State will send a copy of the resolution to various federal and state officials.
Who is affected
- Members of the United States House of Representatives
- Members of the United States Senate
- State Legislatures
- The Congress of the United States
- Citizens of Arizona
Notable changes
- The resolution seeks to bypass Congressional inaction on term limits.
- It references the Supreme Court’s overruling of state term limits statutes.
- It proposes a constitutional amendment rather than relying on statutory changes.
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David Marshall Sr.
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| House Engrossed congressional term limits; convention |
| State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 |
| HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2043 |
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms of office of members of the United States House of representatives and the United States Senate.
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Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States provides the states with the authority to call a convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to be ratified by the legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the several states on application by at least two-thirds of the states; and
Whereas, this power provides the States with the leverage needed to force Congress to act when it otherwise does not want to; and
Whereas, the citizens of the State of Arizona and twenty-two other states, having passed statutes or state constitutional amendments placing term limits on members of Congress, were overruled by the United States Supreme Court; and
Whereas, the Legislature of the State of Arizona hereby joins with other states in instructing Congress to draft a term limits amendment and send it to the States for ratification, failing which the States will act on their own; and
Whereas, the Arizona Legislature, a body of citizen legislators, desires to restore rotation in office for members serving in the Congress of the United States.
Therefore
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. That, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature of the State of Arizona formally applies to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states 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.
2. That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application on the same subjects.
3. 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 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.
4. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona and the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures, requesting their cooperation.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE FEBRUARY 4, 2026.
PASSED BY THE SENATE APRIL 21, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 22, 2026.