Three South Carolina representatives filed a bill on Thursday calling for term limits for members who serve in the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
The bill was filed by Republican Representatives Jason Elliott, Robert "RJ" May, and Cal Forrest. The legislation stated that the General Assembly of South Carolina has requested the Congress to call a convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution for "the sole and express purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms' a person may serve in the US House and the Senate.
The bill continued, "Be it further resolved that the General Assembly insists that the convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this resolution and that the United States Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons who violate the finite scope of the call."
The proposal asked that the application remain open until legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same subject.
Thirty-four states would have to pass resolutions calling for a convention in order to have one.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Two state senators have also pre-filed a bill that would enact term limits for state representative and senate seats.
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