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2007 SESSION

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HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; General Assembly members' & Governor's terms of office (first reference).

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); terms of office; General Assembly members and the Governor; future amendments.  Provides for four-year terms for House of Delegates members and six-year terms for Senate members and the Governor. The resolution also provides that constitutional amendments must be passed in two separate sessions and deletes the requirement that there must be an election for the House of Delegates between those two sessions.

FULL TEXT

• 12/05/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063190508  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/05/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063190508
• 12/05/05  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/11/06  House: Continued to 2007 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
• 12/08/06  House: Left in Privileges and Elections