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Committee hears proposal to add two‑term limit for governor and lieutenant governor and lays it over
Summary
Representative Gordon presented House File 18,49, a proposed constitutional amendment to limit the governor and lieutenant governor to two terms beginning with those elected in 2026; members asked procedural and comparative questions and the bill was laid over without committee action.
House File 18,49, introduced by Representative Gordon, would place a ballot question before voters to amend the Minnesota Constitution to limit the offices of governor and lieutenant governor to two terms beginning with candidates elected in 2026. Representative Gordon said the proposal mirrors the federal precedent of two terms and noted that the change would only start counting terms with the 2026 election, allowing prior service to be excluded from the count.
Members asked questions about the choice of two terms, comparisons to other states and whether lieutenant governor term limits track governor limits in other jurisdictions. Representative Gordon said the two‑term standard was chosen as precedent and that he would look into comparative specifics. The committee did not take action on HF 18,49 and laid the bill over for potential future consideration.
