III - Term Limits

Speaker’s Commission on Legislative Reform
June 12, 2007
Voting Meeting




1)  Shall the Commission recommend the adoption of term limits of eight (8) years for Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly?  (Note: this proposal would require amending the PA Constitution.)

            0-12 / 2-10      NO RECOMMENDATION




2) If no to 1, shall the Commission recommend the adoption of term limits of twelve (12) years for Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly?  (Note: this proposal would require amending the PA Constitution.)

            0-12 / 5-7        NO RECOMMENDATION




3) If no to 1 and 2, shall the Commission recommend the adoption of term limits of three four-year terms (total of 12 years) for both the House and Senate in the General Assembly?  (Note: this proposal would require altering the PA Constitution.)

            0-12 / 4-8        NO RECOMMENDATION




3a) If term limits are adopted, shall a Member be prohibited from serving again after serving the maximum number of terms?

3b) If no to 3a, shall a term-limited Member be required to engage in a “sit-out” period, after which he or she would be eligible to serve again?

            NOT VOTED




4) Shall the Commission recommend that chairs of standing committees shall be limited to three (3) consecutive terms on the same committee provided that, at the end of the three consecutive terms the Chair would be permitted to assume the chair of another committee; and, a chair would be granted an extension at the conclusion of the three (3) consecutive terms if there is no other available committee for him/her to transition 

            5-7 / 12-0        NO RECOMMENDATION

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