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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi Legislature urges U.S. Congress to call Article V convention for congressional term limits
Last action · April 15, 2026: 04/15 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Don Hartness
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What This Bill Proposed
Mississippi petitions the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention specifically to propose term limits for members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Changes no laws directly but serves as an official state petition directed toward triggering a national constitutional convention when combined with similar applications from other states.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Members of the United States House of Representatives
Subject to potential term limits if a constitutional convention is called and ratifies an amendment.
Members of the United States Senate
Subject to potential term limits if a constitutional convention is called and ratifies an amendment.
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This resolution did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Apr 15, 2026Senate04/15 (S) Died In Committee
- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommittee02/18 (S) Referred To Rules
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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