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SB222 • 2025

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.

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2026-01-13
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Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.
  • This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would create term limits for legislators and the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, and State Treasurer.
  • Specifically, this Act provides: (1) That an individual may not be elected to be a Senator more than 5 times or a Representative more than 8 times.
  • (2) That an individual may not be appointed or elected to serve more than 2 times each as the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, or State Treasurer.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS.
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would create term limits for legislators and the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, and State Treasurer.

Specifically, this Act provides:
(1) That an individual may not be elected to be a Senator more than 5 times or a Representative more than 8 times.
(2) That an individual may not be appointed or elected to serve more than 2 times each as the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, or State Treasurer.

This Act takes effect on the passage of its second leg in the 154th General Assembly. Sections 3 and 4 of this Act make clear that holding an office before the implementation of this Act for that office will not be counted toward the newly instituted term limits.

Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly.

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