Terms of members of Congress.
Summary
Applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 20, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced Senate Resolution (S)
→
Enrolled Senate Resolution (S)
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3 edits
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Mar 20, 2025
MINOR
The bill was converted from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, adding formal signatures and passage dates while removing draft markings and committee references. The substantive policy content regarding congressional term limits remains unchanged.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and administrative elements were modified.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft identifiers, committee referral text, and internal document codes that were present in the introduced version.
Added signature lines for Senate and House officials and passage date fields to formalize the enrolled version.
Reorganized document structure to match official enrolled resolution formatting standards.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2025 · House Mar 17, 2025
How they voted
31–18
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Jan 27, 2025
D
Democratic10
90% Nay
R
Republican40
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 67, nays 29
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Amended
Amendment #3 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 259: yeas 26, nays 59
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Amended
Amendment #2 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 260: yeas 26, nays 56
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 31, nays 18
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Amended
Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 10, nays 39
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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