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Judiciary Committee backs bill clarifying when legislative term limits begin to count
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a 'do pass' on House Bill 1300, which interprets legislative term limits as prospective and counts service starting when a person is first elected or appointed after the amendment's effective date; sponsors said the bill aims to avoid costly court disputes about partial terms.
House Bill 1300, introduced March 17 by Representative Ben Koppelman, would instruct how the legislative assembly interprets the recently adopted term-limit amendment to the state constitution. Koppelman told the committee the statutory language would clarify that the limitations established by the amendment have prospective effect only and that service is counted from the time an individual is first elected or appointed after the amendment’s effective date, not retroactively.
Koppelman said the…
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