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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0020
Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Tom Weber, Tony M. McCombie, John M. Cabello, Norine K. Hammond, Amy Elik, et al.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2
    Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of Governor for terms totalling more than 8 years. Provides that service prior to the date of the adoption of the amendment shall be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that any person holding the office of Governor at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution who meets the specified term limitation shall be allowed to complete his or her term of office. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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1		HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2		CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3		    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4		HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5		SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6		electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7		election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
8		of this resolution a proposition to add Section 2.5 to Article
9		IV, amend Section 2 of Article V, and amend Section 3 of
10		Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
11		ARTICLE V
12		THE EXECUTIVE
13		    (ILCON Art. V, Sec. 2)
14		SECTION 2. TERMS
15		    (a) These elected officers of the Executive Branch shall
16		hold office for four years beginning on the second Monday of
17		January after their election and, except in the case of the
18		Lieutenant Governor, until their successors are qualified.
19		They shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and every
20		four years thereafter.
21		    (b) A person may not be elected to the office of Governor 
22		for terms totalling more than 8 years. Service prior to the 
23		date of the adoption of this amendment to the Illinois 
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1		Constitution shall be considered in the calculation of a 
2		person's service. Any person holding the office of Governor at 
3		the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Illinois 
4		Constitution who meets the term limitation set by this Section 
5		shall be allowed to complete his or her term of office.
6		(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
7		SCHEDULE
8		    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
9		declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
10		Constitutional Amendment Act.