Arizona HCR 2014: technical correction; state school fund

Bill Text

HCR2014 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: legislature; terms; limits; lobbying

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HCR 2014

 Introduced by 

 Representative 
 Blackman

A CONCURRENT 
RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution 
of Arizona; amending article XXII, section 19, CONSTITUTION of Arizona; 
relating to the legislature.

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1. Article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution of 
Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on 
proclamation of the Governor:

21. Term limits of members of state legislature

Section 
21. A. The members of 
the first legislature shall hold office until the first Monday in January, 
1913. Through the sixtieth legislature, the 
terms of office of the members of succeeding legislatures shall 
be the legislature are two years. No A state senator shall not 
serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. , nor shall any A state representative shall not serve more than four consecutive terms in that 
office. This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive 
service shall apply applies to terms 
of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993 and ending with 
the terms of office of the sixtieth legislature.� No 
Through the terms of office of the sixtieth legislature, a legislator, 
after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a 
term served, may shall not serve in the same office until he the legislator has been out of office for no 
not less than one full term.

B. Beginning 
with the sixty-first LEGISLATURE in 2033:

1. The 
terms of office of the members of the legislature are four years.

2. A 
state REPRESENTATIVE shall not serve more than eight consecutive years in the 
house of representatives.� This LIMITATION to eight consecutive years of 
service in the house of REPRESENTATIVES applies to terms of office that begin 
on or after January 1, 2033.� After serving eight consecutive years in the 
house of representatives, the legislator must remain out of the house of 
representatives for at least one full four-year term before serving again in 
the house of representatives. 

3. A 
state senator shall not serve more than eight consecutive years in the senate.� 
This LIMITATION to eight consecutive years of service in the senate applies to 
terms of office that begin on or after January 1, 2033.� After serving eight consecutive 
years in the senate, the legislator must remain out of the senate for at least 
one full four-year term before serving again in the senate.

4. Service 
in the house of representatives shall not be combined with service in the 
senate for the purposes of calculating the years of consecutive service in the 
house of REPRESENTATIVE or years of consecutive service in the senate.� A legislator 
who serves eight consecutive years in the house of representatives is eligible 
to serve immediately in the senate, and a legislator who serves eight 
consecutive years in the senate is eligible to serve immediately in the house 
of representatives.

5. A 
legislator's service of more than two years of a four-year term is deemed a 
full term for the PURPOSES of this subsection.� A legislator's service of two 
years or less is not deemed to be a full term but shall be included in 
CALCULATING the eight-year consecutive service limit.

6. This 
subsection applies to legislative service that results from election or 
APPOINTMENT to the legislature.

7. A 
legislator's term of office shall not be shortened or lengthened by the 
redistricting process. CONST

2. Article XXII, section 19, Constitution of 
Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on 
proclamation of the Governor:

CONST19. Lobbying; former legislator postservice limitations

Section 
19. A. The legislature shall enact 
laws and adopt rules prohibiting the practice of lobbying on the floor of 
either house of the legislature, and further 
regulating the practice of lobbying. 

B. A 
former legislator shall not do any of the following during the one-year period 
after the end of the term to which the legislator was elected or appointed:

1. Engage 
in any activity that would require the former legislator to register as a 
lobbyist as otherwise provided by law.

2. Lobby 
the members of the legislature or its officers or employees.

3. Direct, 
supervise or manage any lobbying activity that is intended to influence action 
by the legislature.

4. Use 
the former legislator's official position or NONPUBLIC INFORMATION that was 
received as a result of the former LEGISLATOR'S legislative service to 
influence action by the legislature.

C. This 
section does not prohibit a former LEGISLATOR from DOING any of the following 
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