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SC S 590

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Term Limits Constitutional Amendment

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did SC S 590 pass?

Not yet. SC S 590 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Referred to Committee on Judiciary

What is SC S 590 about?

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO LIMIT SENATORS TO SERVING NO MORE THAN THREE TERMS IN OFFICE AND TO LIMIT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVING NO MORE THAN SIX TERMS IN OFFICE.

Who sponsors SC S 590?

Reichenbach, Fernandez, Rice and 6 others are the primary sponsors of SC S 590.

Description

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO LIMIT SENATORS TO SERVING NO MORE THAN THREE TERMS IN OFFICE AND TO LIMIT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVING NO MORE THAN SIX TERMS IN OFFICE.

Introduced
2025-04-22
Latest action
2025-04-22 — Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Reichenbachprimary
  • Fernandezprimary
  • Riceprimary
  • Garrettprimary
  • Chaplinprimary
  • Elliottprimary
  • Stubbsprimary
  • Zellprimary
  • Climerprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-22

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=590&session=126&summary=B

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