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HB1099 • 2026

General Assembly - Term Limits

General Assembly - Term Limits

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Vogel
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
In the House - Hearing 3/16 at 12:00 p.m.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

General Assembly - Term Limits

Imposing a limit of four on the number of terms a person may serve in the General Assembly; providing that a certain term limit does not apply to terms that began before the 2030 gubernatorial election; and specifying how service for a partial term shall be considered for purposes of the term limits.

What This Bill Does

  • Imposing a limit of four on the number of terms a person may serve in the General Assembly; providing that a certain term limit does not apply to terms that began before the 2030 gubernatorial election; and specifying how service for a partial term shall be considered for purposes of the term limits.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 House

    Hearing 3/16 at 12:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - General Assembly - Term Limits

Official Summary Text

Imposing a limit of four on the number of terms a person may serve in the General Assembly; providing that a certain term limit does not apply to terms that began before the 2030 gubernatorial election; and specifying how service for a partial term shall be considered for purposes of the term limits.

Current Bill Text

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*hb1099*

HOUSE BILL 1099
P5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 6lr0702

By: Delegate Vogel
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2026
Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

General Assembly – Term Limits 2

FOR the purpose of imposing a limit on the number of terms a person may serve in the 3
General Assembly; providing that a certain term limit does not apply to ter ms that 4
began before a certain election; and specifying how service for a partial term shall be 5
considered for purposes of the term limits. 6

BY proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution 7
Article III – Legislative Department 8
Section 6 9

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
(Three–fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses concurring), That it be 11
proposed that the Maryland Constitution read as follows: 12

Article III – Legislative Department 13

6. 14

(A) A member of the General Assembly shall be elected by the registered voters of 15
the legislative or delegate district from which [he] THE MEMBER seeks election, to serve 16
for a term of four years beginning on the second Wednesday of January following [his] THE 17
MEMBER’S election. 18

(B) (1) A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED FOUR TERM S IN THE GENERAL 19
ASSEMBLY SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED TO SERVE A FURTHER TERM AS A 20
MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 21

(2) FOR PURPOSES OF THE L IMITATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF 22
THIS SUBSECTION: 23
2 HOUSE BILL 1099

(I) NO TERM OF OFFICE THAT BEGAN PRIOR TO THE 2030 1
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MAY COUNT TOWARD THE TERM LIMITS ESTA BLISHED 2
IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND 3

(II) A PERSON WHO SERVED TWO OR MORE YEARS OF A TERM AS 4
A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO WHICH ANOTHER PERSON WAS ELECTED 5
SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SERVED A FULL TERM. 6

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly 7
determines that the amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 1 of this 8
Act affects multiple jurisdictions and that the provisions of Article XIV, § 1 of the Maryland 9
Constitution concerning local approval of constitutional amendments do not apply. 10

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the amendment to the 11
Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 1 of this Act shall be submitted to the qualified 12
voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2026 for adoption or 13
rejection in accordance with Article XIV of the Maryland Constitution. At that genera l 14
election, the vote on the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and on 15
each ballot there shall be printed the words “For the Constitutional Amendment ” and 16
“Against the Constitutional Amendment ”, as now provided by law. Immediately af ter the 17
election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed 18
amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the Maryland Constitution, and further 19
proceedings held in accordance with Article XIV. 20