1. Home
 / Modified mar 6, 2018 8:49 a.m.

Measure Would Double the Terms of State Legislators

A proposal in the Arizona Legislature would double the terms for lawmakers.
by Christopher Conover

Voting station vote booth election hero Volunteers check voter registration at a voting station.
AZPM Staff

A proposed constitutional amendment in the Arizona Legislature would double the terms for state representatives and senators to four years.

HCR 2006, proposed by Rep. Drew John, R-Safford, passed the House on a 32-22 vote Monday.

Backers of the proposal say it would allow state lawmakers to concentrate more on their work at the Capitol and less on being re-elected.

HCR 2006 still faces a vote in the full Senate. If approved, it then goes on the November ballot.

If voters get the chance to vote and approve the proposal, it would not go into effect until 2021.

The proposal does not make changes to constitutionally imposed term limits.

MORE: Election 2018, Government, Legislature, News
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona