CS/CS/SB 438 -  Term Limits

General Bill by Rules and Community Affairs and Ingoglia
Term Limits: Requiring specified counties to hold a certain referendum election on a specified date; authorizing certain counties to hold additional referendum elections that coincide with any future general election under specified circumstances; establishing term limits for county commissioners; prohibiting initiatives or referendum processes regarding term limits which are not specifically provided for by the act, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2024
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died on Calendar on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 01/16/24 8:30 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 3
  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 02/06/24 3:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 3
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 02/26/24 2:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 18   Nays 2

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 57 Subject: County Commissioner Term Limits Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HJR 19 Subject: County Commissioner Term Limits Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 525492 , Rules, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/23/24, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/27/2024 08:55 AM
    • AA 738002 , Rules, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/26/24, Line#: 19 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/27/2024 08:55 AM
    • AA 561616 , Rules, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/26/24, Line#: 38 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/27/2024 08:55 AM
    • A 547206 , Rules, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/20/24, Line#: 18 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 02/27/2024 08:55 AM
    • SA 145540 , Rules, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/20/24, Line#: 18 Senate(c): Favorable 02/27/2024 08:55 AM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 674530 , Community Affairs, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/05/24, Line#: 23 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/08/2024 01:48 PM
    • A 341278 , Community Affairs, Ingoglia Date Filed: 02/05/24, Line#: 28 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/08/2024 01:48 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/28/2024 1:26:28 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/13/2024 7:22:27 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 2/8/2024 1:48:14 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 2/5/2024 3:25:43 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 1/16/2024 3:01:56 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 1/12/2024 2:00:02 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 03/04/2024 - 8:18 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time Time: 02/28/2024 - 8:57 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/28/2024 - 1:32 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 2 Time: 02/26/2024 - 8:54 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/21/2024 - 5:38 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/16/2024 - 3:50 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/14/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/09/2024 - 2:23 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs read 1st time Time: 02/08/2024 - 9:48 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 02/08/2024 - 2:53 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/08/2024 - 1:58 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 Time: 02/06/2024 - 9:40 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/06/24, 3:00 pm, 401 Senate Building Time: 02/01/2024 - 6:08 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Now in Community Affairs Time: 01/16/2024 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 Time: 01/16/2024 - 11:28 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/11/2024 - 2:18 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/09/2024 - 9:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules Time: 11/28/2023 - 8:08 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/13/2023 - 11:15 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
124.012 CS/CS/HB 57