HCR 2043 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

congressional term limits; convention

Arizona's HCR 2043 is a state legislative resolution applying to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention proposing term limits for U.S. Congress members. It specifically requests a convention to establish term limits for both House and Senate seats, joining 22 other states that previously sought similar limits but were overruled by the Supreme Court. The resolution states Arizona’s application will be counted toward the two-thirds of states needed to compel Congress to act, aggregating with other states’ identical requests. This is a procedural step by Arizona’s legislature to pressure Congress, not a direct policy change affecting voters or officials.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Apr 22, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Version House Engrossed Version (02/04/2026) · 1 edit · Apr 21, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative layout to a version containing significant blank lines and spacing irregularities, likely due to a copy-paste error or formatting glitch. The substantive legal content, including the request for a constitutional convention to limit congressional term limits, the sponsors' names, and all resolution clauses, remains identical.
TECHNICAL

The document structure was altered by inserting multiple blank lines and changing the header layout, but no policy, legal, or procedural changes were made to the resolution's text.

Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Apr 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
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lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
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lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

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