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Opponents urge committee to respect voters' 2022 approval as hearing opens on term‑limits resolution
Summary
Witnesses and lawmakers debated Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,008, a resolution tied to legislative term limits. Proponents argued courts and future campaigns could make the change necessary; opponents said the 2022 voter-approved term limits expressly restrict the legislature from altering them and urged the committee to defer to voters.
The committee opened a hearing on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,008, a measure addressed by multiple witnesses as an attempt to alter or circumvent voter‑approved legislative term limits. Testimony focused on whether the legislature has authority under Article 4 to propose changes the electorate reserved to citizen initiative.
Scott Tillman, chief operations officer for U.S. Term Limits, testified in opposition to SCR 4,008. He said the 2022 amendment limiting legislative terms included language that…
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