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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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
PASSED
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Weninger
RRepublican
Co
AH
Alma Hernández
DDemocratic
Co
Consuelo Hernandez
DDemocratic
Co
David Marshall
RRepublican
Co
EL
Elda Luna-Nájera
DDemocratic
Co
Lupe Diaz
RRepublican
Co
Lydia Hernandez
DDemocratic
Co
Michael Carbone
RRepublican
Co
Michael Way
RRepublican
Co
Myron Tsosie
DDemocratic
Co
Steve Montenegro
RRepublican
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