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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES GRAY, Ruffridge, Coulombe, Galvin, Mears, Tomaszewski, Armstrong, Sumner,
Groh
Introduced: 3/22/23
Referred: Judiciary, State Affairs
A RESOLUTION
1 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms of
2 legislators.
3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. Article II, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:
5 Section 3. Election and Terms. Legislators shall be elected at general
6 elections. Their terms begin on the fourth Monday of the January following election
7 unless otherwise provided by law. The term of representatives shall be two years, and
8 the term of senators, four years. One-half of the senators shall be elected every two
9 years. No person who has served as a representative for six full terms shall again
10 be eligible to be nominated, elected, or appointed to that office. No person who
11 has served as a senator for three full terms shall again be eligible to be
12 nominated, elected, or appointed to that office.
13 * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new
14 section to read:
15 Section 30. Application of 2024 Tenure Amendment. Years served in the
16 legislature before the convening of the First Regular Session of the Thirty-Fourth
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1 Alaska State Legislature shall not be considered for purposes of applying the tenure
2 limit added by the 2024 amendment to Section 3 of Article II.
3 * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of
4 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the
5 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.
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