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Senator Allen Clark outlines amendment to shorten legislative term limits to 12 years and restrict future term‑limit initiatives
Summary
Senator Allen Clark presented SDR 15 to change term limits from 16 years to 12 years total (House and Senate combined), convert lifetime limits to consecutive limits, grandfather current legislators and include language that would reserve future term‑limit changes to the legislature rather than citizen initiative.
Senator Allen Clark presented SDR 15 (term‑limits amendment) to the committee, saying it would reduce cumulative legislative term limits from 16 years to 12 years total across both chambers and convert lifetime limits into consecutive limits with a four‑year cooling‑off period. Clark said the measure would grandfather current…
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