HCR 2002

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.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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 1971 recommendations shall be effective as to all offices on
the first Monday in January of 1973. In case of either a legislative
enactment or disapproval by either house, the recommendations shall be
effective only insofar as not altered or disapproved. The
recommendations of the commission as to legislative salaries shall be certified
by it to the secretary of state and the secretary of state shall submit to the
qualified electors at the next regular general election the question,
"Shall the recommendations of the commission on salaries for elective
state officers concerning legislative salaries be accepted? [ ]
Yes [ ] No." Such recommendations if approved by the
electors shall become effective at the beginning of the next regular
legislative session without any other authorizing legislation. All
recommendations which that become
effective under this section shall supersede all laws enacted prior
to before their effective date relating to such
salaries. CONST
3. The Secretary of State
shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as
provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.