Arizona HCR 2002: supreme court; maintain nine members

Bill Text

HCR2002 - 572R - I Ver 

PREFILED��� DEC 04 2025

 REFERENCE TITLE: legislature; lifetime term limits; salary

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HCR 2002

 Introduced by 

 Representative 
 Travers

A 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 2, 
section 21, Constitution of Arizona; amending article V, section 12, 
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:

CONST21. 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.� The 
terms of office of the members of succeeding legislatures shall be two years.

B. Through the fifty-seventh legislature, No A state senator shall not serve more than 
four consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any and a state representative may 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. No A legislator, 
after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a 
term served, may not serve in the same office until he the legislator has been out of office 
for no less than one full term.

C. Beginning 
with the fifty-eighth legislature in 2027 and without regard to any prior 
service in the legislature:

1. a 
state senator may not serve more than four terms in the state senate during 
that state senator's lifetime.

2. A 
state representative may not serve more than four terms in the state house of 
representatives during that state representative's lifetime.

3. A 
person may serve a maximum of four terms in the state senate and a maximum of 
four terms in the state house of representatives during that person's lifetime.

4. The 
lifetime limits on the number of terms served in each chamber of the 
legislature apply to a person without regard to consecutive service or any 
periods during which the person is out of office. The lifetime 
limits apply to any part of a term served.CONST

2. Article V, section 12, Constitution of Arizona, 
is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on 
proclamation of the Governor:

CONST12. Compensation of elective state officers; commission on salaries 
for elective state officers

Section 
12. A. The salaries of those 
holding elective state offices shall be as established by law from time to 
time, subject to the limitations of article 6 VI, section 33 and to the limitations of article 4 IV, part 2, section 17. Such 
salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by the 
procedure established in this section or as otherwise provided by law, except 
that legislative salaries may be altered only by the procedures established in 
this section.� Beginning with the fifty-eighth legislature in 
2027, the salary for legislators is $35,000 per year and shall be adjusted 
every two years thereafter on the second Monday in January based on the 
percentage change in the consumer price index, or its successor index, 
published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics.

B. A 
commission to be known as the commission on salaries for elective state 
officers is authorized to be established by the legislature. The 
commission shall be composed of five members appointed from private life, two 
of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one each by the president of the 
senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, 
and the chief justice. At such times as may be directed by the 
legislature, the commission shall report to the governor with recommendations 
concerning the rates of pay of elected state officers. The governor 
shall upon on the receipt of such 
report make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the exact rates 
of pay which he that the governor 
deems advisable for those offices and positions other than for the rates of pay 
of members of the legislature. Such recommendations shall become 
effective at a time established by the legislature after the transmission of 
the recommendation of the governor without aid of further legislative action 
unless, within such period of time, there has been enacted into law a statute which that establishes rates of pay other 
than those proposed by the governor, or unless either house of the legislature 
specifically disapproves all or part of the governor's 
recommendation. The recommendations of the governor, unless 
disapproved or altered within the time provided by law, shall be effective; and any 197