Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was invited by the U.S. Term Limits organization to travel to South Carolina and meet with legislative leaders to encourage the passage of state resolutions calling for term limits on members of Congress.
Florida passed House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 693, calling for a U.S. Term Limits convention during the 2024 Legislative Session. Florida is among six states that have passed resolutions through both chambers of the state legislature to make such an application for a convention.
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“We need term limits for members of Congress. Florida has already certified a proposed amendment under Article V of the Constitution and other states are poised to follow suit,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “At the invitation of the U.S. Term Limits organization, I traveled today to encourage other state legislators to follow Florida’s lead and pass a resolution to call for a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits. We will never turn our country around if we don’t change the incentives in DC. Term limits are supported by huge majorities of Americans—it’s time to make it happen.”
The U.S. Constitution provides state legislatures with the authority to propose amendments without the approval of Congress.
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To call the U.S. Term Limits Convention, it would require two-thirds of the 50 states to pass similar resolutions. Currently, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin have passed resolutions calling for a U.S. Term Limits Convention, though other states have such a resolution passed in a single chamber or before their legislative bodies for a vote.
The Governor’s efforts to work with other states to call for U.S. term limits is an important function of the role of states in demanding accountability from Washington, D.C.
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