United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 1 (116th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Introduced
3 January 2019
Last action
3 January 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits.
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Timeline
3 January 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
3 January 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 3 January 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
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- related to ← A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/1
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/sjres/1
- us · 116-sjres-1 · source updated 10 August 2026